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March 27, 2025

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Photo by Merrill DiPonzio, a Master’s student in Business Administration, taken during a recent trip to Madrid. Pictured is a historic botanical bookstore in the Justicia neighborhood. Follow on Instagram @rose8501. Submit your photo.

 
 
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RIT Graduate showcase.Thursday, April 10th, 2025. Celebrating RIT Graduate Students.
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Learn to Design Effective Research Posters Using Adobe Express Workshop

When: March 27, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5 PM
Where: Virtual Event

This interactive session will introduce RIT graduate students to Adobe Express with Firefly Generative AI for creating audio/visual projects with ease and efficiency. With guidance from Adobe experts, participants will learn how to visually communicate data-driven information for broader, non-specialized audiences. More specifically, presenters will walk through template features, graphic design principles, and strategies for crafting professional-looking presentations.

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Into the ROC: College Night at the Rochester Museum & Science Center

When: March 28, 2025; 6:30 PM – 10:45 PM
Where: Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue Rochester, NY

Get ready for an unforgettable night of exploration, fun, and discovery at Rochester Museum & Science Center. Dive into hands-on exhibits, enjoy planetarium shows, and meet other students from around the area. Whether you’re geeking out over science or just here for a unique night out, there's something for everyone! Don’t miss this chance to experience the museum like never before. Bring your student ID and your curiosity! All tickets for the museum will be $10, all planetarium show tickets will be $5.

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CHAI Advanced PhD Student Talk: Spandan Pyakurel

When: March 31, 2025; 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: Golisano Hall, Room: CYB-1710-1720

TITLE: Be Confident in What You Know: Bayesian Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning of Vision Foundation Models

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AWARE-AI NRT: Spring Roundtable - AI and ML Computational Theory

When: April 03, 2025; 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: Golisano Hall, CYB 1710

This AWARE-AI Spring Roundtable focuses on AI and ML Computational Theory. Hosted by the AWARE-AI NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, this free roundtable session welcomes NRT Trainees and other RIT graduate students.

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AWARE-AI Spring Mentor Cafe

When: April 07, 2025; 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: James E. Gleason Hall, Gordon Atrium

Hosted by the AWARE-AI Program, the Spring Mentor Café welcomes AWARE-AI Trainees and other RIT graduate students. Participating students will have the opportunity to interact with postdocs and early career researchers in a fun and interactive format.

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From RIT to the Real World: Lessons, Growth, and What’s Next

Since graduating from RIT, Khushi has navigated a journey of growth, challenges, and career development in data analytics and strategic decision-making. Her time at RIT provided technical expertise, a strong community, and a foundation for continuous learning and professional advancement.

Read full blog by Khushi Nitinkumar Dave >

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Researchers take an innovative approach to revolutionizing healthcare

Led by professor Linwei Wang, RIT research teams are creating detailed, virtual replicas of individual patients’ hearts, enabling doctors to simulate and analyze treatment options before any invasive procedures. 

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Creative career remix: Alumnus shapes Spotify's user experience

Chad Cooper '19 MFA (Visual Communication Design) is a senior product designer—design systems for Spotify, where he helps deliver the audio streaming platform’s visual look and feel for more than 600 million users.

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Academic Success Center

The Academic Success Center assists and empowers RIT students to achieve academic success through academic coaching, individual and group tutoring, workshops, classes, and presentations. The Center's mission is to assist and empower you in developing the skills and confidence needed to achieve academic success.

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