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  • November 14, 2025

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    Students form Interfaith Council

    Nearly 2,500 students who engage in spiritual programs and services on campus now have a unified voice in the Interfaith Council, the university’s newest organization.

  • September 9, 2025

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    Winter, Spring, and Summer 2026 RIT Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

    If you’re considering studying abroad, but aren’t quite sure how it will fit into your schedule, a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program may be the perfect option. RIT’s College of Liberal Arts faculty are leading a fascinating range of courses during spring and summer 2026.

  • August 26, 2025

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    Alumni mentorship leads to new opportunities

    Having the right networking connections can make or break a career in the film industry. Thankfully for Marica Joseph, there are plenty of RIT alumni who she can learn from.

  • April 21, 2025

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    RIT solidifies its place in LA

    Each fall semester, RIT in LA students attend classes and gain work experience while living on the West Coast. Students come home with experiences that will help pave the way to a career in the entertainment industry.

  • January 22, 2024

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    RIT's Signatures Magazine Earns High Ranking

    The 38th edition of the Rochester Institute of Technology student-run art and literary magazine, Signatures, was recently recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English in its annual Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines award program.

  • September 29, 2023

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    New Center for Worldbuilding and Storytelling Creates Community and Resource Network for the Imaginative

    “Developing strengths in [worldbuilding] can help many types of professionals become better at what they do. Clearly, game designers, animators, and creative storytellers can benefit, but engineers, technologists, scientists, sociologists, and health care innovators, for example, can also because the process of envisioning and creating a world and all of its interactions can help test out ideas and inform solutions,” said Associate Professor (English) Trent Hergenrader, Ph.D., who will lead the new Center for Worldbuilding and Storytelling.

  • April 21, 2023

    Group photo outside in Spain.

    Using historic worlds to inspire creative writing

    Associate Professor Trent Hergenrader has led two study abroad trips to Portugal in the past, but this year he wanted to try something different. In January, he and 22 students traveled to Spain as part of a unique creative writing course.