The Industrial Design MFA at the Rochester Institute of Technology is an interdisciplinary, multinational program focused on design foundations and guided exploration. The faculty represent a diverse range of industry and academic backgrounds, providing students balanced exposure to applied research and human-centered processes. The course of study emphasizes progressive skill sets, a rich variety of projects, and design with meaningful intent. MFA candidates are challenged to develop individualized approaches to design through collaboration with students and faculty across the university. Industry partnerships factor heavily into coursework, grounding conceptual design in production-oriented outcomes. Recent and ongoing partnerships include the Corning Museum of Glass, Arc of Monroe, Loll, Autodesk, GE, Herman Miller, and Fabrica. Aesthetic sensitivity, technical competence, social and environmental awareness, and analytical thought are developed and applied to meet the challenge of designing products, packaging and systems for human needs. Through hands-on experience in graphic visualization, technical drawing, model making and prototype development, graduates emerge with the skills needed to conceptualize, design, and develop new and improved products for mass production. Through collaborative projects with industry sponsors, students work on actual product designs and develop skills in specialized areas including electronic product design, toy and game design, furniture design, exhibit and display design, and package design. This exhibition is the culmination of design work by eleven Masters of Fine Arts candidates.
'What WE Do' RIT National Press Photographers Association
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Rochester Institute of Technology’s chapter of the National Press Photographers Association is a forum for education and discussion among young professionals in the photojournalism industry. What We Do is an annual student competition hosted by RIT NPPA. The contest is an opportunity to showcase student work from the RIT photojournalism program. Each spring, students enter this contest, which is judged by three RIT photojournalism alumni. What We Do includes alumni lectures, live judging, and an exhibition featuring the winners.
RIT Women’s Ice Hockey players celebrate in the locker room following the game against Mercyhurst Women’s Hockey on Nov. 4 2023 at the Gene Polisseni Center in Henrietta N.Y. RIT won 3-2 in overtime their first win against Mercyhurst since January 6 2021. Photograph by Josh Boland
Aline Subeh 9 waves a Palestine flag in front of the United States Court House on Oct. 28 2023 in Rochester N.Y. Photograph by Kayla Bartkowski
Ryan May 18 Clarkson University class of 2027 races down a berm after completing a steep rock drop on the fifth stage of the enduro course at the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference hosted by Clarkson University in Potsdam N.Y. on Sept. 23 2023. May finished eighth in the B category qualifying for the dual slalom race the next day. He states “I could’ve pushed myself a little harder.” Photograph by Joseph Ciembroniewicz
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