News

  • October 18, 2023

    a trio of photos showing gun ink being made

    From Trauma to Hope

    On October 24, gun-ink maker and artist Thomas Little presents workshop and demo.

  • October 18, 2023

    middle school students in STEP work on a stress management art project

    RIT STEP provides supports for students beyond academics

    At Burger and Roth junior high schools in the Rush-Henrietta Central School District, about 50 students work daily with staff from the Science and Technology Entry Program – also known as STEP – through Rochester Institute of Technology’s K-12 University Center. Enrichment activities offered are meant to help foster academic growth, and often go beyond the classroom to support students. This school year, STEP Assistant Director Lisa Michalek is hosting weekly workshops with students that provide homework help, feature STEM activities, and highlight various development topics. It’s similar at other schools within the county that the STEP team is embedded in with outreach specialists Meg Brown, Rick King and Dana Storti.

  • October 17, 2023

    collage of photos showing a college student looking at a tower of pink and red ribbons, college students in a lab, students ballet dancing, students outside of a stone castle, a student and villagers in an African village, and a researcher adjusting sensors on a person's head.

    Perpetually creating the future of RIT

    RIT President David Munson set a vision for “perpetual creation” to more than 300 volunteer university leaders during Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend.

  • October 16, 2023

    side by side images of college students Emily Kuang and Allahsera Auguste Tapo.

    Two RIT students earn Google Ph.D. Fellowships for AI computing research

    Two RIT students have won Google Ph.D. Fellowships for their work as some of the most promising young academics in the world. Emily Kuang and Allahsera Auguste Tapo—both in the computing and information sciences Ph.D. program—will receive full tuition, a stipend, and Google research mentorship as part of their fellowships for up to three years.

  • October 16, 2023

    two people standing on a stage clapping with large projector screens behind them show the dollar amount of 1 billion, 59 million, 5 hundred 81 thousand, 4 hundred 63.

    Gala marks successful conclusion of Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness

    Nearly 300 people gathered on Friday evening at the beginning of Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend as RIT officials marked the successful conclusion of Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness. RIT’s largest-ever fundraising campaign raised $1,059,581,463 to propel the university forward in its pursuits at the intersection of technology, the arts, and design.

  • October 13, 2023

    17 people lined up holding giant pairs of scissors in front of an orange ribbon.

    Inspiring imaginations, SHED dedicated with official ribbon-cutting ceremony

    With oversized orange scissors and an orange ribbon, the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) was officially dedicated Thursday, Oct. 12, in the center of the RIT campus. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was part of Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend, as the Board of Trustees, President’s Roundtable, and many national advisory councils and volunteer groups are on campus for the celebratory weekend.