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Navarati is one of the greatest Hindu festivals, and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. During this time, Hindus worship Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.General Practices: Durga is the mother goddess, and so Hindus try to visit their mothers and other relatives during this time. Some Hindus will pray and fast, and there are are often feasts and dances.Oct. 5–13, 2013(Monday, October 7th, All Day-) Event Details »

Navarati is one of the greatest Hindu festivals, and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. During this time, Hindus worship Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.General Practices: Durga is the mother goddess, and so Hindus try to visit their mothers and other relatives during this time. Some Hindus will pray and fast, and there are are often feasts and dances.Oct. 5–13, 2013(Sunday, October 6th, All Day-) Event Details »

Navarati is one of the greatest Hindu festivals, and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. During this time, Hindus worship Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.General Practices: Durga is the mother goddess, and so Hindus try to visit their mothers and other relatives during this time. Some Hindus will pray and fast, and there are are often feasts and dances.Oct. 5–13, 2013(Saturday, October 5th, All Day-) Event Details »

"If you're going to doubt something, doubt your limits. You have no idea just what you're capable of until you do it. -Daymond John, ABC's Shark Tank Daymond John is the personification of the entrepreneurial American Dream as the founder of apparel brand FUBU ("For Us By Us") and one of the savvy investors... Full Story »

One of the hiring myths in higher education is that there are too few qualified, diverse faculty candidates. Renee Baker has shattered that myth. The executive director of the Office of Faculty Recruitment and Retention at Rochester Institute of Technology, Baker developed a comprehensive program with strategies to successfully recruit, hire and... Full Story »

Hundreds of students from RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf spent Friday afternoon dancing, making new friends and learning about the variety of clubs, services and activities available for RIT students. The annual Apple Festival, put on by NTID's Student Life Team since 1998 in the D. Robert Frisina Quad, is... Full Story »

The PhD Project has had a tremendous impact on America: business students from all over the world now see minorities in positions based on their intellect. -Dean dt ogilvie, RIT Saunders College of Business The dean of Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology, dt ogilvie, has been inducted into The... Full Story »

The fourth class of Rochester City Scholars will be welcomed to Rochester Institute of Technology at a community ceremony at 5 p.m. Aug. 23 at Liberty Hill, President Bill Destler's residence, 2201 Lehigh Station Road. This year, 22 students from nine high schools in the Rochester City School District will be part... Full Story »

A traditional welcoming ceremony for female first-year and transfer students will celebrate the connections and contributions of women at Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT will hold its eighth annual Lighting the Way ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23. Starting in the Gordon Field House, the orientation event allows female students, faculty and... Full Story »

"We have low-income students who perform poorly on standardized tests and our highest need is in the inner city schools. We have a social issue; let's fix it." -Erroyl Rolle, CausBuzz CEO A pilot program called CausBuzz, developed by a team of students at Rochester Institute of Technology, is doing its part to... Full Story »

Forty minority junior and high school students from the Rochester City School District-East High, Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Wilson Commencement and School of the Arts, among others-will graduate Saturday after completing an unconventional summer school program at Rochester Institute of Technology's Saunders College of Business. The apprentices have been attending the Future Business... Full Story »

Sometimes a setback or an obstacle can still offer inspiration. That was one of the many insights the girls discovered during RIT's Everyday Engineering Camp as they talked online with Amy Elliott, a competitor on the Discovery Channel's Big Brain Theory reality show. Elliott's team just missed winning the show's design challenge,... Full Story »

It's a subject many think is taboo in the Mormon church, but an associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology is creating a stir with a book of 21 short stories and four plays depicting a variety of perspectives on what it means to be gay and Mormon. Gerald Argetsinger co-edited and... Full Story »

"FBLE benefits the community through the development of our next generation of business leaders who will be starting and running companies that drive our economy and create jobs." -Delmonize Smith, Saunders College Forty students from the Rochester City School District will start an unconventional summer school program as Saunders College of Business at... Full Story »

Members of the Multicultural Center for Academic Success at RIT recognized student, faculty and staff leaders at the annual "Celebration of STARS." The annual awards celebration and dinner was highlighted by an evening of music, awards and inspiration-from the graduates with 4.0 averages to the keynote speaker, Keith Motley, president of... Full Story »

Taiwanese-American Heritage Week opens with its annual spring performance, featuring the Taipei Physical Education College Cultural Arts Performing Team, at 7:30 p.m. June 1 in Ingle Auditorium in the Student Alumni Union at Rochester Institute of Technology. Admission to the concert is $10 for the general public (and RIT faculty/staff), $5 for... Full Story »

When American author John Burroughs said, "Leap and the net will appear," he must have had the chemical engineering program at RIT and students like Garry Clarke and Shannon McCormick in mind. 
 In 2008, the new degree program in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering was awaiting approval from the New... Full Story »

Robb Dooling started his freshman year at RIT hiding a secret. 
 "I was afraid I would lose all of my friends if I came out as gay," says Dooling, now a fourth-year computer science student. "Thankfully, when I did come out, my friends accepted me."
 But they did more than accept him.... Full Story »

The crowds cheered, the music blared and an eclectic group of child-sized cars raced around Simone Circle Saturday morning as the E-Durance Challenge launched the 2013 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. At stake: the chance to win $1,000 or one of President Bill Destler's prized antique banjos. Perhaps even more importantly,... Full Story »

Maya Angelou's rescheduled visit to Rochester Institute of Technology on Tuesday, April 30, has been canceled due to the recent hospitalization of the renowned poet and author. RIT's Division for Diversity & Inclusion and its partners apologize for any inconvenience caused by the cancellation, says spokeswoman Morgan Martins. Campus officials plan to... Full Story »