RIT graduate students learn strategies for academic publishing

While the pressure to publish starts early in an academic’s career, RIT doctoral student Israa Thiab has a strategy to get the work done without the anxiety. Thiab, a student in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, is working on her first journal article, using techniques she learned at a writing retreat sponsored by RIT’s Graduate School.

The workshop gave Thiab a new perspective on writing and publishing and practical tools to help her achieve her goals. “During the workshop, I was able to set up a preliminary daily schedule, which would ensure that I make incremental progress in writing,” said Thiab, who is originally from Amman, Jordan. “This is important for me as I have an ambitious timeline to publishing my first paper.”

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Saunders College will begin offering two new online master’s degrees in fall of 2023

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology will begin offering two new master’s degree programs, exclusively online, beginning in the fall of 2023.

• Hospitality business management will offer career changers or working professionals the opportunity to gain advanced skills in technology, analytics, customer experience design and management, business strategy, hotel asset management, and investment.
• Organizational leadership and innovation will equip students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to lead diverse teams, technology-driven changes, and innovative projects in organizations.

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