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October 30, 2025
Four grad students with carved pumpkins lit from within, each featuring different designs including faces.
 

Oct. 24—Graduate students from the RIT Graduate School team gathered at the dean’s home for an evening of pumpkin carving. The fall tradition, which started last year, continues to spark creativity, build memories, and strengthen community. Submit your photo.

  
 
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Understanding Job Offers and Salary Negotiations

When: November 05, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHD) - 3350

What comes after the job offer? A Career Services coordinator will explain the key elements of a job offer, strategies for evaluating multiple offers, and how to negotiate your salary requirements.
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CMOS+X NRT: Journal Club

When: November 06, 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Where: Engineering Hall, 2560

Join us for the NRT CMOS+X Journal Club - a forum which provides an opportunity for NRT trainees to share research interests, present on chosen topics, and engage with peers across disciplines. Open to all trainees and the RIT community interested in the research being done by the NRT.
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Career Services AppLab: Drop-in hours for assistance applying to jobs

When: November 06, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: Wallace Library (WAL) - 3560

Visit Career Services' AppLab hours, a focused space to work on your job applications and make real progress in your job search. Career Services coordinators will be available for hands-on support. Because "Click to Apply" isn't a strategy—Let us help you build one that works!
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RIT preservation specialist working at a desk.

RIT preservation specialist empowers cultural heritage institutions to adopt sustainable practices

Emily Bernal and her colleagues at RIT’s Image Permanence Institute are dedicated to helping museums, libraries, and archives adopt more eco-friendly methods for managing climate control systems.

Read full story by Felícia Swartzenberg >
Caroline Solomon, newly installed as the first woman president of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Caroline Solomon installed as first woman president of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Rethinking how to support students, leading and driving innovation, and investing in transformative teaching and impactful research are some of the focus areas of Caroline Solomon, who was installed as the first woman president of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf on Oct. 10.

Read full story by Vienna McGrain > 
RIT Ambulance team poses with two ambulances.

RIT Ambulance expands its fleet with a second rig

RIT, which has had its own emergency medical service for more than 50 years, now has a new, second ambulance available to help students, employees, visitors, even nearby community members in need.

Read full story by Greg Livadas >
 
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Poster for RIT’s Three Minute Thesis Competition on Friday, November 7, 2025, from 3–5 p.m. at Wegmans Theater, MAGIC Center.

THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION

When: November 7, 2025, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
Where: Wegmans Theater, MAGIC Center

Watch RIT Doctoral Students Compete by Explaining Their Research in 3 Minutes!

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Poster for RIT’s ‘Into the ROC: College Night at the Strong’ event on Friday, November 7th, from 7:45 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Into the ROC: College Night at the Strong

When: November 7th, 2025, 7:45 pm – 12:00 am

Gather your friends and enjoy an evening of play exclusively for college students! Explore more than a city block of interactive exhibits, play through the history of electronic games and pinball machines, and journey through Sesame Street and Wegmans Super Kids Market.
Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door. Students must present RIT ID.

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Two students working on a laptop; RIT poster promoting the AI-powered Career Services Platform with Hiration.

AI-powered Career Services Platform

Hiration helps students perfect their resumes, match cover letters, practice for interviews and perfect LinkedIn profiles.

  • Find a template, upload/create a resume, and get live feedback from the AI platform to improve your resume based on the role you’re applying for.
  • Look through job descriptions, write a cover letter, and upload it to gain feedback to best reflect your skills and experience.
  • Browse common job titles, upload job descriptions, and learn from an AI-powered answer review or video lessons.
  • Upload a copy of your LinkedIn profile to Hiration for a live review of your profile. Take the tips from Hiration to improve your visibility up to 3x.

Learn more
 

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