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  • April 28, 2023

    logo for Imagine R I T, creativity and innovation festival.

    New tech and creativity on display at Imagine RIT 

    WHAM-TV previews Imagine RIT as part of the Good Day Rochester segment. Reporter Sam Carter talks to Ann Ielapi, director of Imagine RIT, and highlights several exhibits: Theme Park Enthusiasts, NASA balance gamification, space radiation shield, the RIT Drumline, interpreting dreams from brainwaves, Couchbot, AI car chase, RC cars from RIT Dubai, belt sander racing, That Damn Goat, digital weaving from RIT Kosovo, robotic dog, and the human hamster wheel.

  • April 25, 2023

    three college students singing on stage with playbills flying through the air.

    Where STEM and the Arts Live in Harmony 

    Inside Higher Ed features RIT’s Performing Arts Scholarship program and talks to student Mia Clarizio, School of Performing Arts Director Erica Haskell, and RIT President David Munson.

  • April 17, 2023

    crowd of people at last year's Imagine RIT festival in the field house.

    Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival set for April 29

    Artificial intelligence, robots, glass blowing, drones, cybersecurity tours, and performing arts are just a sampling of what lies in store for the thousands of visitors expected at this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 29.

  • April 14, 2023

    graphic with a colorful splattered background and the words Unlabeled Music Festival, presented by the School of Performing Arts.

    RIT Unlabeled Music Festival set for Sunday

    An afternoon featuring 25 student bands or individual artists is set for Sunday, April 16, in two venues at RIT. Called “RIT Unlabeled Music Festival,” the genres represented include electronic dance music, funk, pop, rock, rap, metal, grunge, punk, fusion, and jazz.

  • April 10, 2023

    Sandeep performing on stage.

    Internationally known Indian tabla musician to perform at RIT

    Sandeep Das, a Grammy-winning musician and internationally known master of the Indian tabla, will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 14 at RIT. Das is the founder of Harmony and Universality through Music (HUM), a nonprofit organization in India that promotes global understanding through music performance and provides learning opportunities and scholarships for visually impaired children with artistic potential.

  • April 7, 2023

    13 members of an all-male a cappella group sitting on couches and chairs,

    Eight Beat Measure celebrates 35 years with alumni

    Eight Beat Measure, RIT’s oldest a cappella group, is celebrating 35 years since being formed and is seeking former group members to join them for an anniversary celebratory concert, “Chill Beats,” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14, at the Theatre at Innovation Square.

  • March 29, 2023

    image of an ear with a brick textured overlay on it. On top of a black and white background.

    RIT/NTID kicks off NEA Big Read project April 1

    In Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, villagers’ deafness becomes an act of revolt against a totalitarian government, and their use of sign language unites them as a community. These themes, along with others throughout the book, resonate with the contemporary experience of deafness in the United States.

  • March 29, 2023

    four college students on stage throwing papers into the air while rehearsing a play.

    ‘Ordinary Days’ is extraordinary musical theater

    RIT’s University Gallery is the perfect venue for an upcoming play where much of the plot takes place in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ordinary Days runs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, through Sunday, April 2, in the gallery, in Booth Hall.

  • February 27, 2023

    artist rendering of a multi-level open makerspace.

    SHED will showcase RIT maker community

    Nearly 70 different RIT student teams and clubs are poised to move into the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) this summer in preparation for the building’s official opening in the fall semester.