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  • April 29, 2025

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    Graduating student charts a path to Disney

    Hridiza Roy combined computer graphics with imaging science and anchored it in computer science, resulting in a winning skill set that landed Roy an internship at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

  • April 29, 2025

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    Lana Verschage receives 2025 Edwina Award

    The Edwina Award, from the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Resource Center, is given to a faculty or staff member for significant contributions to enhance gender diversity and inclusiveness at RIT.

  • April 28, 2025

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    Hospitality graduate books ticket to Voyage program

    Samantha Phillips, a graduating hospitality and tourism management major, has been selected for Marriott International’s prestigious Voyage Leadership Development Program, a fast-track career pathway designed to prepare high-potential college graduates for leadership roles in hotel operations and management.

  • April 28, 2025

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    Research opportunities at RIT position grad to pursue Ph.D.

    Hannah DeFelice’s research at RIT focused on how to improve animal welfare. The same research now takes her to Cornell University this fall to pursue her doctoral degree in biogeochemistry, the study of how living things interact with the physical and chemical environment.

  • April 28, 2025

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    Graduate milks his education and creates device to help dairy farms

    Jayden Neal always knew that after graduating from RIT he would return to work on the technology side of his family’s dairy farm. What he didn’t expect was that he would do it with a product on its way to commercialization that changes the milking process.

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University Magazine

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  • April 16, 2025

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    The exhibits that will be featured at the Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival on April 26 represent some of RIT’s many strengths. Many of the exhibits, like the Data Sonification Weather Chimes being assembled here, highlight how an idea can be enhanced by working across disciplines. The exhibit was born from a collaboration between RIT’s School of Performing Arts and the Kate Gleason College of Engineering’s Multidisciplinary Senior Design project initiative. The completed set of chimes will be on view during the festival.

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