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September 04, 2025
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Sunset on the RIT campus, captured by Chitra HK, PhD student in Microsystems Engineering. Submit your photo.

  
 
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PhD N Chill

When: September 04, 2025, 6:20 pm - 9:20 pm
Where: GLE-2139 Classroom (GP)

Join the Doctoral Student Association to discuss tips and tricks for surviving your PhD.
Register here
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Leadership Retreat: High Ropes

When: September 06, 2025, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Where: YMCA Camp Arrowhead (20 Arrowhead Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534)

When: September 06, 2025, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: YMCA Camp Arrowhead (20 Arrowhead Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534)

Join us for our first Leadership Retreat of the semester. This event will help you reach new heights, enhance your leadership skills in everyday settings, and identify the skills you want to acquire and develop. Come enjoy a number of team-building exercises, group games, and more. Buses will depart from the Sentinel Statue.
There are two time slots to choose from, which include travel time:
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Register here
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Resume Writing for Graduate Students

When: September 08, 2025, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Student Innovation Hall, Room/Location: 1600

This workshop will help you build your resume and curriculum vitae (CV). Speakers will discuss what should be included on a resume and a CV and how to format and organize the content. Along with the presentation, you will have the opportunity to work on your resume and CV and get help and advice from RIT staff. Bring your computer, your current CV or resume, and a sample job description that you are interested in applying to.
Register here
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AWARE-AI Workshop: Communicating with Broader Audiences

When: September 11, 2025, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Where: Webinar

Hosted by the AWARE-AI Program, this workshop, facilitated by Dr. Ammina Kothari, Dean of the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Simmons University, will focus on communicating with broader audiences- policy & decision-makers, the media, and the public. 
Register here
 
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Virtually endless possibilities

RIT researchers are pushing boundaries with immersive technologies.

Read full story by Scott Bureau, Susan Gawlowicz, Mollie Radzinski > 
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Student-led NASA project takes flight on balloon mission

A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP!

Read full story by Mollie Radzinski >
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No, you can’t live off protein shakes; RIT student teaches healthy eating

Tiger Nutrition’s peer-to peer education empowers students by making healthy eating advice relatable, accessible, and impactful.

Read full story by Susan Gawlowicz >
 
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RIT FallFest 2025 poster with tug-of-war, food, and event details Sept. 18–21, 2025.
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Dissertation Success Curriculum

We partner with the NCFDD for faculty development resources and want to inform you of their Dissertation Success Curriculum. This 12-week curriculum will support you in building a daily writing practice alongside a supportive community of other graduate students. It is designed to help you overcome 3 of the biggest barriers to writing your dissertation: procrastination, perfectionism, and isolation. The fall cohort kicks off on September 2 and is free for you to enroll.
To enroll:
1. If you don’t already have an NCFDD account, sign up by going to https://members.ncfdd.org/join.
2. Once you have an account, activate your community account at https://community.ncfdd.org/users/login through the single sign on process.
3. Head to the Dissertation Success Space and enroll in the Fall ‘25 Cohort. If the September 2nd start date doesn’t work for you, there is also a Solo Study option where you will still receive weekly email prompts, but can start on your own timing.
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RIT Red Cross Blood Drive 2025 schedule with dates Sept. 10, Oct. 23, Nov. 11, and Dec. 4, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm in 1829 Room, SAU.
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The AI-PROWIL IRES program is excited to invite you to five events:


Friday, September 5, 2025, 2-3 pm in Simone Center/Student Innovation Hall 1600
Keynote Talk: Dr. Chris Kanan: Why AI Needs Efficient Continual Deep Learning
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Rochester
Moderated by Dr. Alex Ororbia


Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9 am-12 pm in CYB-1730
AI-PROWIL Interactive Workshop: Recent Advances in Human-AI Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Presented by Dr. Rui Li


Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 9 am-12 pm in CYB-1730
AI-PROWIL Interactive Workshop: Advanced Statistical Analyses/Methods
Presented by Dr. Dustin Haraden


Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 2 pm-3 pm in CYB-1730
AI-PROWIL Panel: International Research Teamwork and Global Leadership
Panelists: Associate Provost James Myers, Chair Joseph Baschnagel, Dr. Zach Butler
Moderated by Associate Dean Pengcheng Shi


Thursday, September 11, 2025, 1 pm-4 pm, CYB-3706
AI-PROWIL Interactive Workshop: AI in Human-Robot Collaboration
Presented by Dr. Ferat Sahin
 

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