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RIT is one of the top universities in the world for students who want to study and create games, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.

Aisha Faiq spent her spring break in New Orleans, but it wasn’t to rest and relax. Instead, the third-year global business management major was one of several RIT students who spent their spring break partnering with a community agency that determined what work needed to be done in their communities.

Upward of 20 RIT student workers are hired each year to support the K-12 University Center at Rochester Institute of Technology. It’s a way to utilize student talents in a variety of roles to help meet the mission of the K-12 center, while giving them the professional experience needed to be successful in the real world.

Dimitris Chachlakis ‘21 has been selected as the recipient of the RIT Graduate School Ph.D. Dissertation Award.

WHEC-TV talks to Anthony Jimenez, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, about his research on the effect of COVID on healthcare workers.

WROC-TV talks to Daniel Worden, associate professor in the School of Art, and Frances Andreu, digital initiatives librarian, about the Rochester Indie Comic Expo.

WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about an emailed bomb threat to the Hilton Central School District.

The Business Standard features Manisha Das Chaity, an imaging science Ph.D. student.

Essay by Jacqueline Mozrall, dean, Saunders College of Business, published by the Rochester Business Journal.

The Rochester Business Journal features RIT Certified. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.

While Imagine RIT aims to promote student work from those attending the university, middle school students had the opportunity in the past to also highlight science displays and other projects they have worked on through the Science and Technology Entry Program administered by the K-12 University Center at Rochester Institute of Technology. The K-12 center works to promote youth experiences at the annual festival that attracts about 30,000 guests a year to learn more – and interact with – students on campus who are highlighting the work they’ve done throughout the school year in a variety of studies.