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 Shelly Meyer at smmmkt@rit.edu with RIT University News Service.
September 24th, 2021
Ndidiamaka “Ndidi” Chimah, a third-year hospitality and tourism management major from Baltimore, has been awarded the Statler Scholarship of Excellence. This prestigious scholarship, valued at $25,000, is awarded to students that go above and beyond...
September 22nd, 2021
This year’s Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend, Oct. 15 through 17, features numerous in-person events including entertainment, men’s and women’s hockey, speakers, escape rooms, axe throwing, a zip line,...
September 22nd, 2021
Saunders College of Business is proud to offer the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Student Award. This award will be presented to an RIT student who has proven their potential to become a successful entrepreneur.
The student award is being...
September 21st, 2021
Many only dream of racing the historic oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Several RIT engineering and computing students will make that dream come true.
Members of RIT’s Autonomous Vehicle team will join partner universities as finalists in the...
September 21st, 2021
At Saunders College of Business, students are always on to something amazing, even before graduating! If you are a student at Saunders College and have exciting news to share, email communications@saunders.rit.edu.
September 2021
Mariam Sharangia...
September 21st, 2021
The hard work and dedication of the Saunders College of Business faculty is what gives us an edge over the rest and contribute to what many consider a small college feel at a large technology university. We would like to recognize some of our...
September 16th, 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business’ MBA program jumped 16 spots in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2021 rankings of best full-time MBA programs in the nation.
Saunders College ranked No. 77 overall, with a diversity rating of...
September 13th, 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology has again been recognized as one of the best national universities by U.S. News...
September 8th, 2021
Mark Davitt, founding CEO of ConServe, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology.
The award, created in 1984, is annually...
September 7th, 2021
For driven first-year RIT students like Lauren Reger and Palak Wadhwa, getting a jump on studying and conducting research, all while steadily moving on the path toward a graduate degree, was an opportunity they couldn’t pass up.
Reger, Wadhwa, and...
September 7th, 2021
Check out some of the great things our 136,000 Saunders alumni are doing around the globe.
Submit your latest career move or latest achievement to communications@saunders.rit.edu.
August 2021
Bill Michaels ’89 (hotel/motel administration and...
September 3rd, 2021
Saunders College of Business MBA and select master of science programs recently received STEM designations (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). This ensures they meet the highest standards for technology skills in business while offering...
September 1st, 2021
RIT’s Saunders College of Business celebrated the expansion and renovation of Max Lowenthal Hall with a ceremonial groundbreaking Aug. 31.
RIT President David Munson and Saunders College Dean Jacqueline Mozrall were joined by donors E. Philip...
August 20th, 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology’s students, faculty, and staff are starting a new academic year during a continuing global pandemic.
But that’s not stopping the momentum of student enrollment and success, research, fundraising, and building...
August 18th, 2021
A record number of first-year Rochester Institute of Technology students Wednesday made their way to the Gordon Field House and Activities Center to cheers and welcomes from faculty, staff, and members of the RIT Pep Band during the annual Tiger...
August 6th, 2021
Mikey Gambino, a fourth-year industrial design student from Mount Prospect, Ill., spent his summer as part of a team devising a kitchen knife that empowers people with low dexterity and grip strength to use the instrument independently, among other...
July 29th, 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business has been awarded a grant of up to $500,000 by Empire State Development to establish an online life sciences Executive MBA entrepreneurship program. The new degree will be formed in...
July 27th, 2021
Maddie Reim has worked in a restaurant in her hometown of Perkasie, Pa., so she knows first-hand the impact the pandemic has had on the hospitality business.
That’s why the third-year hospitality and tourism management major was excited to work...
July 22nd, 2021
Graduate education at Rochester Institute of Technology has evolved over the last 60 years, and now, the university has officially created the RIT Graduate School, replacing the RIT Office of Graduate Education.
“Moving forward, the RIT Graduate...
July 14th, 2021
RIT’s Saunders College of Business will break ground on the expansion and renovation of Max Lowenthal Hall this fall. Designed by LaBella Associates, the renovations will almost double the size of Saunders College. Existing spaces will also be...