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WHAM-TV highlights Trustee Bruce Bates, who recently received RIT's Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy Award .

Animation Magazine features a new Netflix holiday special by The Chiodo Brothers, including Stephen Chiodo ’76 (professional photographic illustration).

Since the earliest days of the pandemic, a dedicated group of RIT faculty, staff, and alumni has come together to provide critical career guidance and insights to scores of recent College of Art and Design graduates beginning their careers at a most challenging time.

The RIT Alumni Referral Award allows alumni to nominate one undergraduate student applying for admission to RIT for a $1,000/year scholarship, renewable for four years, totaling $4,000. 

Tech Crunch features Datto, founded by RIT trustee and 2009 alumnus Austin McChord.

Virtual reunions, interactive programs, talks, a 5K, e-Sports, and even Tiger Trivia are just some of the dozens of events slated for Tiger Alumni Week, beginning Monday for RIT alumni, students, families, faculty, and staff.

Mona Harrington ’08 MS (professional studies) was appointed executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in June 2020. As leader of the EAC, Harrington has revamped the agency and spearheaded a series of initiatives to ensure COVID-19 and cybersecurity challenges don’t harm the election process.

The United Way of Greater Rochester has honored RIT with the “Unstoppable Award” for continuing to raise critical funds despite shutting down in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While this year’s Brick City Weekend events had to be planned with COVID-19 precautions, there still are plenty of free activities students on campus can enjoy this week.

Spectrum News features George Zheng ’15 (mechanical engineering technology), co-founder of Leep Foods.

The Division of Development and Alumni Relations will become the Division of University Advancement, highlighting its focus on advancing the university’s mission.

Two companies associated with RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator have advanced to the round two finals of the Grow-NY competition. Grow-NY is a food innovation and agriculture technology business challenge focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and Southern Tier regions.