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RIT’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies recently received $2 million in new federal funding to advance the efforts of its Defense Modernization and Sustainment Initiative. The initiative assists the U.S. military in modernizing their vehicle fleets while also improving durability and fuel efficiency. read more »

RIT is planting roots in the Middle East with a campus at Dubai Silicon Oasis, considered the “world’s premier high-technology park for microelectronics and semiconductor research, development and production.” Planning is underway for part-time graduate programs in engineering, finance, and service management. read more »

Just a few months on the job and RIT’s president, Bill Destler, continues to be amazed by what he finds. “You simply will not find an institution with as much momentum,” he says. Destler is determined to see the university become a national center of creativity and innovation. read more »

Robert Rothman, biology professor in RIT’s College of Science, first visited the Galapagos Islands in 1989. He has returned 19 times with RIT students who have snorkeled with penguins, observed flightless cormorants tending to their chicks, and ridden horses to the top of an active volcano. read more »

Commencement 2007 was a milestone for RIT: 4,023 students graduated, pushing the total of living alumni over the 100,000 mark for the first time. RIT’s 103,083 alumni live in every U.S. state and more than 3,000 live in 110 countries around the world. read more »

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RIT’s Big Shot project lights up the night along the Erie Canal

A popular RIT project offered a “flashback” to life along the Erie Canal in the 19th century. On May 8, the... [more]

RIT building shows its true color—green

RIT has opened its first ‘green’ building, as part of its ongoing sustainability efforts. The new College of Applied Science and... [more]

Dominican Republic offers RIT scholarships

The Dominican Republic government has partnered with RIT to offer scholarships to the island country’s best and brightest graduate students. James Miller,... [more]

Journey to the stars

In the next decade, breakthroughs in astrophysics could reshape our understanding of the universe. Observations of gravity waves could prove Einstein’s... [more]

Tryt and George Earn CO-SIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic District I All-Region Honors

ROCHESTER, NY - Seniors Ryan Tryt (Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley) and Matt George (Walton, NY/Walton) of the RIT baseball team... [more]

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RIT graduate Gary Bonvillian, now president of Thomas University, brings the instincts of an entrepreneur to his career as a college administrator. [more]

In Focus

The first grade class of Richard Colosi, Canandaigua Primary School, won a video contest in which Colosi and his students created... [more]

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