News
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November 19, 2021
Bright Spot: Giving back
WHAM-TV features RIT students, faculty, and staff preparing meals for The Hunger Project.
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November 17, 2021
RIT’s Hunger Project provides 20,000 meals to those in need
Some 200 RIT students, faculty, and staff spent part of their Giving Tuesday preparing 20,000 healthy meals for the community during the Hunger Project in the Gordon Field House.
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November 2, 2021
FoodShare continues to help remedy food insecurity
The RIT FoodShare Center has continued to help the RIT community by offering free and nutritious food for RIT students, faculty, staff, or alumni in need. As of this week, the traditional grocery store model has resumed.
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August 23, 2021
RIT receives Peace Corps Prep designation
RIT has received the “Peace Corps Prep” designation, enabling its students to take certain classes to better prepare them for service in the Peace Corps upon graduation. RIT is the first university in Western New York to receive the designation, and the fifth in the state.
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April 9, 2021
RIT students help Flower City Habitat for Humanity with ‘Framing Frenzy’
WROC-TV features RIT's Framing Frenzy effort to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
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November 6, 2020
RIT Students Lend a Hand to Help Build Homes in Rochester
Spectrum News reports on RIT and Flower City Habitat for Humanity's Framing Frenzy event.
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September 14, 2020
RIT ROAR the Vote seeks to engage students
RIT’s ROAR the Vote campaign is making it simple for RIT students to become engaged, educated voters this fall through registration drives and presidential election debate viewing parties.
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April 28, 2020
Clubs keep students connected from a distance
As students at RIT have successfully transitioned to temporary online learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve also found ways of connecting with their peers to continue their interests with clubs, organizations and performing arts.
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February 5, 2020
Student Spotlight: Greek life student plunges to help Special Olympics
Freezin’ for a Reason. That’s the motto of Rochester’s Polar Plunge and now the adopted saying for third-year game design and development student Harry McCardell. He’s ready to represent his fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa, as president and run into frozen Lake Ontario.
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January 15, 2020
Into the ROC allows students to explore ‘people, places and possibilities’
A college experience should include more than a degree, and for three years, students at RIT have been learning about the community beyond campus and finding ways to make it a better place through volunteering.
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December 12, 2019
‘Momentum’ program expands, offering more RIT students leadership skills
A program called “momentum” designed for students at RIT to develop their leadership skills while actively working to address community challenges has gained momentum, in part, due to a $250,000 donation to expand the program next semester.
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November 20, 2019
RIT students prepare thousands of meals for people in need Tuesday
WHAM-TV reports on RIT's participation in the Hunger Project.