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  • May 14, 2018

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    RIT wins Academic Library of the Year award
    RIT earned the Rochester region’s Academic Library of the Year award. RIT will receive the award at the Rochester Regional Library Council’s Annual Meeting on June 7 at Casa Larga.

  • May 14, 2018

    a Hexagonal pattern with words in them. Biggest text saying "machine learning".

    RIT hosts workshop on artificial intelligence
    RIT is presenting a three-day workshop about artificial intelligence and how the technology is being developed to advance industries such as manufacturing, security and heath care.

  • May 14, 2018

    logo text saying "NYC X Design, a celebration of global design".

    Design, engineering students exhibit at NYCxDESIGN
    Nearly 50 RIT students, faculty and staff from RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and Kate Gleason College of Engineering are exhibiting a wide variety of projects at NYCxDESIGN—New York City’s annual celebration of design.

  • May 11, 2018

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    RIT grads challenged to fuse technology, humanity
    Thomas Wheeler, former director of the Federal Communications Commission, told some 2,400 graduating students during Academic Convocation that they are challenged to humanize technology-driven changes.

  • May 9, 2018

    Logo of person in a wheel chair. Text at top saying "Gilman Top Producers, Priority Achievements by institutions" bottom text saying "students with disabilities".

    RIT honored for participation in Gilman Program
    The U.S. Department of State recognized RIT for providing study-abroad opportunities for students with disabilities. RIT was named to the inaugural list of U.S. higher education institutions that sent the most students overseas on the Gilman International Scholarship Program in 2016-2017.

  • May 8, 2018

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    Saunders College names lab in honor of Sklarsky family
    RIT alumnus and trustee Frank Sklarsky and his family have made a gift to Saunders College of Business to help support costs associated with the Sklarsky Center for Business Analytics, a 800-square-foot space to the right of the entry to Saunders College formally dedicated on May 4.

  • May 8, 2018

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    RIT honors RPD Chief Ciminelli ’78
    Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli ’78 (criminal justice) received the Contributions to Justice Award at the Senior Luncheon and Recognition Celebration put on by RIT’s Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Public Safety Initiatives. Several criminal justice majors also were honored.

  • May 8, 2018

    Two older people holding a degree from RIT.

    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.