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  • September 13, 2018

    Austin McChord, David Muson and Brandon Hudson stand together for a photo.

    RIT helps students take an entrepreneurial gap year

    Brandon Hudson is the first student selected for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which allows students with an ongoing enterprise to take a year to focus their full attention on the venture. He will receive $15,000 in support and mentoring while also making progress on his RIT degree.
  • August 6, 2018

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    RIT sponsors tiger exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo

    RIT is sharing its tiger pride by sponsoring the tiger exhibit at the Seneca Park Zoo. It’s the latest collaboration between RIT and the zoo, which last year signed a formal memorandum of understanding to develop, promote and implement mutually beneficial projects.
  • August 6, 2018

    Brynjar and Brianna pose for a photo shortly after getting engaged. Brynjar holds his fist up in their air, seemingly in triumph.

    Not quite love at first sight for RIT couple

    Brianna Schlitt ’11, ’13 and Brynjar Leifsson ’11, ’13 thought it was love at first sight when they met on the RIT campus in 2009. But they later learned they had attended the same elementary school, shared some of the same teachers and even ate lunch together there.
  • May 8, 2018

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    81-year-old graduates after more than 50 years

    After more than 50 years, Bob Fitch will finally walk across the graduation stage this May. The 81-year-old will be handed an applied arts and sciences diploma from RIT’s School of Individualized Study.
  • April 28, 2018

    Cynthia and Jerry Walker pose for a photo together.

    RIT grad returns to West Coast for ‘dream job’

    Cynthia Walker is on the cusp of a health-care career focusing on the heart. She graduates from RIT on May 11 with a BS from the School of Individualized Study and a certificate in echocardiography, or ultrasound of the heart, from the College of Health Sciences and Technology.
  • April 2, 2018

    side-by-side images of a hand drawn portrait and a book cover for From Lone Mountain.

    Two comic creators to share inspirations

    John Porcellino, author of From Lone Mountain, will do a reading and signing on April 10, and Caitlin Yarsky, artist for the Image Comics series Coyotes, will hold a discussion and signing on April 19.
  • March 15, 2018

    Brandon Hudson standing behind his thermostat system.

    Student dedicated to changing energy landscape

    Fourth-year applied arts and sciences student Brandon Hudson is CEO of Connexus, a heating and cooling control and monitoring company that offers a suite of products designed to simplify the installation of any HVAC system.
  • March 5, 2018

    Image of gears with text, "MicroMasters" and "edX RIT".

    Cohort completes RIT's first edX MicroMasters program

    More than 100 learners have completed RIT's Project Management MicroMasters program, and several of those students are already enrolled in credit-bearing classes at RIT, working toward an advanced certificate or master's degree from the School of Individualized Study.
  • January 17, 2018

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    RIT launches MicroMasters in Design Thinking

    Starting in April, learners can begin the RITx Design Thinking MicroMasters program offered on edX. Upon completing the MicroMasters program, learners can apply that credential toward earning an accelerated and reduced-cost master's degree in professional studies from RIT.