Saunders News
Check out the latest news and happenings at Saunders College of Business. Email us at communications@saunders.rit.edu if you have news for us to include, or explore our Saunders Announcements for additional options on getting your messages out to the Saunders community. Media inquiries should contact Vienna Carvalho at vnccom@rit.edu with RIT University News Service, or explore our business faculty experts page to find faculty specializing in the topic you are covering.
April 27th, 2018
The Fram Advisory Board honored Saunders exhibits, recognizing them for their specialized and applied critical thinking. The two teams awarded are “Commercializing Pumice Roofing Tiles in Nicaragua” and “Molecular Glasses Consulting Project —...
April 27th, 2018
Each year, Saunders College of Business Executive MBA students participate in an eight to ten day international seminar overseas. Each cohort travels to a new destination to explore the international business climate.
Students experience...
April 25th, 2018
RIT's Saunders College of Business is partnering with local nonprofit Dress for Success Rochester to make the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival even more memorable for young visitors who have their sights set on becoming engineers,...
April 25th, 2018
Danni Wang, an MS student in Accounting, was awarded the New York State Society of CPAs Excellence in Academic Achievement Award for 2018.
The honor is awarded to a student pursuing their CPA licensure who shows excellence in their academic...
April 24th, 2018
As a child, Kathleen Hagelberger remembers how hard it was to decide what she wanted to be when she grew up, especially during her elementary school years when there is often limited exposure to possible jobs and careers. But Hagelberger hopes her...
April 23rd, 2018
Starting in fall 2018, Saunders College of Business is introducing two new programs – BS in Supply Chain Management and MS in Business Analytics.
Built upon our fastest growing major in Management Information Systems, Saunders College strives to...
April 23rd, 2018
Starting in fall 2018, Saunders College of Business is introducing two new programs – BS in Supply Chain Management and MS in Business Analytics.
Built upon our fastest growing major in Management Information Systems, Saunders College strives to...
April 23rd, 2018
The first joint program established between Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) and RIT was the 2+2 degree program. “For Chinese students ‘2+2’ means studying two years in their home country and then coming over here,” said Dr. John Tu, Saunders’...
April 19th, 2018
Rochester Institute of Technology honored researchers who served as principal investigators on active awards in fiscal year 2017 at an April 18 reception.
Also recognized were the 19 recipients of Seed Funding Awards and 10 new inductees in RIT...
April 13th, 2018
USA-Croatia Global Exchange
Saunders College of Business utilizes its many resources across the globe to create a meaningful experience for their students.
Leveraging campuses in Dubrovnik and Zagreb, RIT Croatia delivers unique global...
April 13th, 2018
Rochester Institute of Technology students took top honors at the second annual New York State Game Development Challenge held April 12 at The Strong in Rochester, N.Y. The contest, hosted by RIT's Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and...
April 12th, 2018
Philip Gelsomino can be described in many ways-among them are honest, straightforward, compassionate, boisterous and just plain loud. In fact, the visiting lecturer in the Saunders College of Business says his booming voice and near constant...
April 12th, 2018
Philip Gelsomino can be described in many ways-among them are honest, straightforward, compassionate, boisterous and just plain loud. In fact, the visiting lecturer in the Saunders College of Business says his booming voice and near constant...
April 12th, 2018
The Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship, which honors the recipients of the annual Eisenhart Awards, is set for Tuesday, April 17. The awards recognize members of the RIT community "who contribute significantly to student learning and academic...
April 11th, 2018
Three faculty members of Saunders College of Business were awarded the Provost’s Learning Innovation Grants for 2018. Those awarded include Julie Cecchini, Clyde Eirikur Hull and Hao Zhang.
Cecchini and Hull were each awarded an...
April 10th, 2018
RIT is one of the top universities in the nation working at the intersection of technology, the arts, and design. The university's design programs are world ranked due to innovative students and faculty, along with close ties to industry and...
April 9th, 2018
REDCOM, a long-time partner of the telecommunications engineering technology program at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently donated its call control software, Sigma Core, to the university to provide students access to the latest technology...
April 9th, 2018
For the nearly 400,000 people nationwide who suffer from heat sensitivity as a side effect of multiple sclerosis, a Rochester, N.Y.-based company is committed to providing cooling relief at a reasonable cost.
ThermApparel, a company in Rochester...
April 9th, 2018
Interested in pursuing a graduate degree, but are unsure if you want to make the commitment? Saunders College of Business is offering prospective graduate students to "start now, apply later." Visit our Graduate Admissions page to submit our...
April 5th, 2018
James McGee and Kerri Zalba are two members of a student start-up company called Gaia. Co-founded by Brent Chase '17 (biomedical engineering), Joseph Clifford '17 (mechanical engineering) and Liam Herlihy '17 (electrical engineering), Gaia's aim...