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December 4, 2018
![Woman measures arm of child with strip to determine anemia.]()
Students study anemia in Ghana
Students in RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition spent two weeks traversing Ghana as part of a global research experience to learn more about the toll of anemia on the West African nation’s women and children. -
December 3, 2018
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Student rocket soars nearly 10,000 feet in first international competition
RIT Launch Initiative placed first for flight performance and 11th overall in the Spaceport America Cup, the best outing for the team in just its third year of competitions. -
November 20, 2018
![Overhead view of MAGIC Spell Studios.]()
MAGIC spells opportunity with new learning laboratory
RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios opened the doors to its new home this fall, inviting students, faculty and industry professionals to experience a digital media development and publishing learning laboratory never before seen in the Northeast. -
November 1, 2018
![Stefani Schultz uses her laptop to digitally sketch out design ideas for the team's park.]()
Student Spotlight: Park design chosen for KaBOOM! grant
Meet Madison Miller, Jim Chen and Stefani Schultz, third-year interior design students who designed a play area for the Sojourner Home at Wilson Commencement Park in Rochester. The project received a $63,000 grant to make the students’ design a reality. -
October 31, 2018
![A group of students standing in front of a "Women Strong Market" sign. Most of the words on the sign are in Haitian.]()
Student teams work with women’s group in Haiti
Haiti became a classroom for more than a dozen RIT students when they worked with 19 women leaders from a nonprofit group in Haiti on projects that could become future businesses. -
October 31, 2018
![A display of packaging for Packin' Heat Sweet Sauce.]()
RIT team wins 2018 Paperboard Packaging Student Design Challenge
RIT’s “Packin’ Heat” student team was a spicy favorite at the 2018 Paperboard Packaging Student Design Challenge. The group of undergraduates took first place among 58 collegiate teams in the national design competition. -
October 30, 2018
![The logo for the Collegiate Pentesting Competition. Large black and green letters that read CPTC.]()
Colleges face-off at national pentesting competition
Students from the nation’s best colleges will use their hacking skills for good in the largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition, to be held Nov. 2–4 at RIT. -
October 30, 2018
![Members of the platform party stand in a line at the front of a presentation and close their movie clap-boards to symbolize the opening of the MAGIC Center.]()
RIT opens new MAGIC Spell Studios building
Tours and hands-on experiences were the order of the day as RIT formally opened the newest building on campus—the 52,000-square-foot MAGIC Spell Studios. The RIT community is invited to an open house until 3 p.m. today. -
October 23, 2018
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RIT hosts Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday
The Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT features informational networking sessions, the student Tiger Tank competition and a keynote address from Mark Gentile, founder of Odyssey Software. -
October 15, 2018
![An aerial view of students interacting with employer booths at the career fair.]()
RIT/NTID hosts Career Fair
Representatives from more than 50 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations looking to diversify their workforce will meet with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students—who are also prospective employees—at the 18th annual Career Fair on Oct. 17. -
October 1, 2018
![An aerial view of a crowd of students waiting in lines and interacting with potential employers at the career fair.]()
RIT students prepare for career fair
More than 265 employing organizations and nearly 950 recruiter representatives are looking for RIT talent at the career fair today. -
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.
