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May 9-10, 2025
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Alumna and prominent designer Patricia Moore '74 is RIT’s Academic Convocation keynote speaker
Meet RIT’s 2024 Academic Convocation keynote speaker
RIT conferred four honorary degrees at 2024 commencement ceremony:
Pattie Moore, Sanjay Mehrotra, Garth Fagan, Rita Colwell recognized
Commencement News
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May 13, 2024
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Ceramics and Illustration graduate Emma Herz Thakur travels to France as a Fulbright awardee
Emma Herz Thakur ’24 feels fortunate that at RIT she met people who have won major grants, had their work featured in museums, and are connected with scholars from around the world. Now, she is one of them.
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May 13, 2024
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New graduate Peyton D’Anthony wins Fulbright award to teach in Kosovo
Peyton D’Anthony enjoys identifying patterns and creating new connections. Those are just two of the skills she hopes to instill in her students as a teacher in Kosovo this fall.
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May 13, 2024
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Students will ‘live, learn, and explore’ abroad thanks to international fellowships and scholarships
Throughout the course of the academic year, hundreds of RIT students prepare to compete for some of the most prestigious international fellowships and scholarships available. Intensive research projects, applications, essays, and interviews all play a critical role in their selection.
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May 13, 2024
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RIT Associate Professor Nickesia Gordon earns prestigious Fulbright award
Nickesia Gordon has always had hopes of using her knowledge and expertise in health communication, gender, and social change to make the world a better place. Now, having earned a prestigious Fulbright Scholars award, she will travel back to Jamaica to begin the process of establishing a graduate program in health communication.
