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A spit take
Guy’s biomedical science research is analyzing microbes linked to cardiac disease. She’s hoping to keep the population healthy one vial of saliva at a time.
Always Evolving
The nutrition is an ever-changing field where knowledge is always evolving. Professor Ruder enjoys watching her students question what they know as they use hands-on experiences to contribute to future nutritional guidelines.
Streaming worldwide
RIT’s student-run radio station broadcasts to the Rochester community and streams worldwide. Nate, WITR’s music director, appreciates that RIT has a place where people who love music can bond over their passion and share that connection over the airwaves.
The power of music
Jasen is a physician assistant major and the music director for RIT Players. She is applying her passion for music to research that studied how music can reduce pain and anxiety in pediatric patients.
Come see us at SG Office!
Office Hours: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Campus Center 1710
Get some free popcorn!
Join us at our Senate meetings Fridays at 2:00pm
Location: Campus Center 2610 (The Bamboo Room)
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Mission and Vision
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Student Government’s mission is to represent the interests of the student body through the implementation of innovative programs, services, and initiatives that enrich student lives. |
We will be the primary source of advocacy for students from RIT and utilize our shared governance structure to voice student opinions and concerns. RIT Student Government will be at the forefront of change within the university.
Structure
RIT Student Government is the governance group representing and serving students at RIT. SG is one of three groups that together contribute members to University Council. SG’s counterparts are Staff Council, which represents RIT’s staff, and Faculty Senate, which represents RIT’s faculty.
University Council directly advises the President, who makes all final decisions. The President is accountable to the Board of Trustees, which has final responsibility for the university.
Internally, Student Government is composed of an executive branch and a senate. The President, who is the head of the executive branch, is elected by the student body each spring. Following the elections, the President appoints members of the executive (also known as the cabinet), which are then approved by the Senate.
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Student News
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November 11, 2026
RIT research looks beyond surgery for back pain relief
Professor Karin Wuertz-Kozak is developing gene and cell therapies that may be the next step in tissue regeneration, a type of noninvasive treatment that could control the molecular mechanisms contributing to pain, mostly inflammation.
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November 10, 2026
RIT students build empathy through design
Multidisciplinary student teams gained co-op and internship experience working on projects for Rochester-area organizations serving people with disabilities.
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November 10, 2026
Restoring a lifeline takes an RIT network
What began as a photography project became a community movement. Led by an RIT assistant professor and powered by a network of collaborators, the GoodPhone Project is restoring a simple but essential service.
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November 9, 2026
RIT students and their professor turn laser research vision into reality
RIT graduate and undergraduate students helped Associate Professor Jie Qiao turn a research vision more than a decade in the making into a breakthrough that could change how advanced optical components are made.