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Alumnus Ondřej Frydrych endows scholarship honoring longtime Saunders College of Business staff member’s impactful legacy on RIT's international students.

RIT honored the service and dedication of its employees with the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony March 22. The annual awards are presented to staff members who exemplify outstanding service and dedication to the university and who exhibit a high degree of personal ethics and integrity while consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to student success.

In a move to further enhance an already robust innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, RIT is partnering with the NSF’s I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast Region. RIT will join a consortium of 10 renowned regional colleges and universities that will utilize $15 million in NSF funding over the next five years to implement and execute a cohesive innovation ecosystem that delivers inclusive models of education and workforce training.

His impact will be forever felt. Former Kodak CEO Colby Chandler dies Marcia Greenwood, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Colby H. Chandler, chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak from 1983 to 1990, died March 4 at age 95. “His impact will be forever felt by his family, the Rochester community and beyond,” read a brief obituary in the Democrat and Chronicle. In a statement, Kodak said it was saddened to learn of Mr. Chandlers death, writing that his "tenure was an important peri...