RIT grads going places
By Scott Bureau
You're hired.
If RIT students hope to hear these words in today’s competitive job market, professional work experience is crucial, according to RIT’s Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services. RIT has always believed in the importance of experiential learning, and that’s why many students are accepting their dream jobs months before they graduate. Not only can RIT students get the ... (more)
Center provides empowering support for RIT’s LGBT
By Scott Bureau
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. They also introduced the Omaha, Neb., native to the support ... (more)
Libya: An unfinished nation
Mustafa Abushagur talks about his role in his country’s future
By Michelle Cometa
When electrical engineering professor Mustafa Abushagur was back at RIT this spring, he reflected on his past two years, an exciting whirlwind that saw him heading an international university, RIT Dubai, as its founding president, then leading his country, Libya, as its very first elected prime minister.
He remains part of the rebuilding efforts in a country that has overthrown a ... (more)
