President’s News
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April 27, 2021
Ask a Question: President Munson on WITR Wednesday, April 28
WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, continuing the “Ask Munson” series. It will be the last show with Munson of this academic year.
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March 26, 2021
President Munson expects restrictions to lessen as vaccinations increase
President David Munson covered the state of the campus in regards to COVID-19, the Action Plan for Race & Ethnicity, Imagine RIT, commencement, and more during his most recent “Ask Munson” interview on WITR radio.
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March 18, 2021
Ask a Question: President Munson on WITR Wednesday, March 24
WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, continuing the “Ask Munson” series.
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March 17, 2021
Tiger Records offers RIT students insight into the music industry
For years, Rochester Institute of Technology students have been able to take music lessons. But now, they can also learn more about the music industry by taking a class about artist management, recording, production, and marketing.
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March 1, 2021
RIT holds student contest to name the Innovative Maker and Learning Complex
The Innovative Maker and Learning Complex will be a building like no other on the RIT campus, and an alumnus who is helping make it possible wants RIT students to give it a name to remember. A contest to name the building is for current RIT undergraduate and graduate students in good standing. Deadline for submission is March 13. Voting will begin March 18.
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March 1, 2021
Weekly testing for COVID-19 continues with promising results
While COVID-19 remains a global concern, RIT is doing “far better than other colleges and universities” across the nation, RIT President David Munson said last week in a live radio interview. Weekly testing is yielding one positive case out of every 1,000 RIT students tested, and there has not been a single case of viral transmission inside campus classrooms dating back to August.
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February 22, 2021
Ask a question: President Munson on WITR Wednesday
WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 3 p.m. Feb. 24, continuing the “Ask Munson” series.
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February 11, 2021
CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival planned for RIT in summer 2021
In an effort to do everything possible to deliver a festival this summer, the producers of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival are pleased to announce that planning is underway to present the festival’s 19th edition this year on the RIT campus.
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February 2, 2021
RIT adds two members to its Board of Trustees
RIT appointed two members—both with connections to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community—to its Board of Trustees.
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January 29, 2021
Outdoor ice skating, Performing Arts Challenge, escape rooms planned for FreezeFest ’21
Outdoor ice skating, Dr. Munson’s Performing Arts Challenge, giveaways, hot chocolate, and a virtual escape room are some of the activities planned for this year’s FreezeFest beginning Feb. 4 on the RIT campus.
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January 15, 2021
Always moving forward—even during a pandemic
2020 threw the book at us—a global pandemic, racial unrest, economic uncertainty, a fierce political battle for leadership of our nation. I’m proud to say RIT faced it all head on, pulling together our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees who guided us through—and eventually will guide us out of—these turbulent times.
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January 4, 2021
Congressional stimulus bill provides needed higher ed funding
Congress has come to a bi-partisan agreement on another round of coronavirus relief funding that will benefit higher education institutions and RIT students, as well as many other individuals and businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.