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RIT students enrolled in a global public health class spent a weeklong field trip in the Dominican Republic examining healthcare and emergency services.

Deeply interested in how disease shapes children's lives, her experience interacting with pediatric cancer patients, survivors, and family members at Camp Good Days has enhanced her RIT education with interpersonal skills that are difficult to learn through textbooks.

The alliance aims to enhance programming in the university’s College of Health Sciences and Technology and prepare healthcare professionals to enter the workforce.

CEOs, Chief Financial Officers, and Chief Technology Officers are among the 12 RIT alumni honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards for the 2024-2025 year.

Hayley Bartkus and Christina Werth created EchoMentor as an educational platform for healthcare professionals working in sonography or ultrasound, a medical imaging method that uses sound waves to peer inside the body.

A digital anatomy table programmed with dynamic medical simulations is changing how RIT physician assistant students learn about the human body. Three-dimensional simulations modeled on real cadavers allow students to understand how the body functions as a system and deteriorates from disease.

Lutzer chose a career as a physician assistant for the high level of patient interaction, variety, and flexibility. She likes knowing that she can practice medicine in different specialty areas throughout her career.

RIT is offering a global public health BS degree program and is accepting students for fall 2025. The new degree program will prepare students for public health careers, medical school, clinical health professional programs, law school, and many other graduate degrees.

James Perkins, a distinguished faculty member at RIT, has been awarded the Brödel Award for Excellence in Education by the Association of Medical Illustrators, recognizing his outstanding contributions to medical illustration education.

When David, a third-year exercise science major, heard about the study abroad program offered through RIT Global, he was determined to go and to take his sister with him. In June, the Brassies left for the six-week program at Perrotis College, where they would study the Mediterranean diet and Greek culture.

PK Visualization's Medical Illustration Podcast talks to Jim Perkins, Department Head of Medical Sciences, Health and Management, along with Glen Hintz and Craig Foster, both associate professors in the School of Art, about the origins of RIT's medical illustration program the accreditation process that made it a Master of Fine Arts program.

Throughout the course of the academic year, hundreds of RIT students prepare to compete for some of the most prestigious international fellowships and scholarships available. Intensive research projects, applications, essays, and interviews all play a critical role in their selection.