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  • September 13, 2018

    Austin McChord, David Muson and Brandon Hudson stand together for a photo.

    RIT helps students take an entrepreneurial gap year

    Brandon Hudson is the first student selected for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which allows students with an ongoing enterprise to take a year to focus their full attention on the venture. He will receive $15,000 in support and mentoring while also making progress on his RIT degree.

  • September 11, 2018

    Graphic of city of Rochester elements to look like a blocky video game

    MAGIC Center co-sponsors Rochester Game Festival

    Forty tabletop and video game projects created by local college students, faculty and game developers from Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse will be available to play during the second annual Rochester Game Festival on Sept. 15.

  • September 4, 2018

    RIT to open gallery space in historic Sibley Square

    The College of Art and Design is moving its gallery space to the historic Sibley Tower Building in the heart of downtown Rochester, where the newly named exhibition venue will invite the public to engage with RIT through creativity.

  • August 7, 2018

    The logo for The Princeton Review. Simple text reading The Princeton Review with a small yellow triangle in the bottom right corner.

    RIT named among the nation’s ‘Best 384 Colleges’

    RIT is considered one of the nation’s best universities for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education-services company features RIT in the just-published 2019 edition of its annual book, The Best 384 Colleges.

  • August 6, 2018

    Emily Young poses in the doorway of a lounge in Max Lowenthall building.

    Networking trips expose students to opportunities

    Each spring, Saunders College of Business Honors students spend a week visiting companies in different cities. The trips are funded by RIT Trustee Charles Brown Jr. ’79 and his wife, Renee Brown, and are one example of how students are already benefiting from RIT’s $1 billion blended campaign.

  • August 6, 2018

    Connor Draughn poses for a photo and smiles in front of a large world map.

    Study abroad a highlight for hospitality student

    Connor Draughn wanted to get out of his comfort zone and try something new, so the hospitality and tourism management major decided to spend a semester studying at RIT Croatia. Draughn is one example of how students are already benefiting from RIT’s $1 billion blended campaign.

  • August 6, 2018

    A portrait photo of Robert McLaughlin standing in front of a glass wall reading "society of software engineers."

    Software engineering projects build career

    The Alex A. Kipman ’01 Endowment for the Department of Software Engineering helps students like Robert McLaughlin ’18 work on cutting-edge projects. McLaughlin is one example of how students are already benefiting from RIT’s $1 billion blended campaign.

  • June 27, 2018

    two students working on a laptop in maker space.

    New programs help students with autism gain confidence, employment

    Two new programs at RIT are helping students with autism prepare for interviews and land jobs. Eight students recently completed a three-week Career Ready Boot Camp, and RIT’s Neurodiverse Hiring Initiative has helped dozens of students network and find co-op work.

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