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Kayla Gullage

Crime and Accountability student journalist at Rochester Institute of Technology. Striving to help build community journalism and helping the unheard voices of our community be heard.

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Stuart Hughes: Behind the Ice

Have you ever wondered who the man doing donuts on the Zamboni after every RIT men’s hockey victory is? That is Stuart Hughes, otherwise known as “Stu.” For the last 47 years, Stu has taken care of Frank Ritter Arena and Gene Polisseni Center as the ice operations manager. 
In July 1978, Hughes was 18 — fresh out of high school — when he started working for RIT as a grounds equipment operator. For 20 years, he helped maintain the grounds; however, seeking new professional opportunities, he appli...

Giving Back This Holiday Season with RIT's Cru

As a new member of the Cru (RIT’s Christian campus ministry), I was excited to participate in Operation Christmas Child, where students from University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology come together once a year to fill boxes with gifts and supplies for children around the world.

Some backstory on the origins on this program: seven years ago, a young Russian girl gave a testimony at U of R and described how they received a box from Operation Christmas Child through Samaritan's...

RIT Hosts Three-Minute Thesis Competition: Ph.D. Students Showcase Innovative Research

Rochester Institute of Technology recently joined 900 universities in participating in the three-minute thesis contest. RIT Ph.D. candidate student competitors were to present their thesis in under three minutes in a language accessible to all, following a rigorous set of rules assigned by The University of Queensland in Australia, the founders of the competition, while engaging in both delivery and body language. The committee of reviewers received more than twenty submissions in the preliminar...

Rochester Institute of Technology , Three Minute Thesis Competition

Rochester Institute of Technology has recently joined 900 universities in participating in the
three-minute thesis contest, Graduated student competitors must present their thesis in under
three minutes in a language accessible to all. Following a rigorous set of rules assigned by The
University of Queensland in Australia the founders of the competition, while being engaging in
both delivery and body language. The committee of reviewers received more than twenty
submissions in the preliminary round and in two rounds lowered it down to nine and finally the
final six.

Henritta Hots Article

The garbage plate is the heart and soul of
Rochester, New York. It’s known for being a quick
and easy dish that captures the Western New York
charm. It’s a plate composed of either home fries
or French fries, a choice of macaroni salad or
baked beans, and a choice of meat: cheeseburger,
hamburgers, Italian sausage, steak, chicken, white
hots, or red hots. The plate is topped with onions,
mustard, and the signature meat sauce.
Recently I had the great fortune of trying
Rochester’s famous garbage plates at Henrietta
Hots located on West Henrietta Road, about eight
minutes from campus—a popular location for RIT
students to frequent.