President’s News
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April 23, 2022
Thousands enjoy attending Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival
After going virtual for 2021, thousands of people came to the RIT campus on Saturday for an in-person Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival, which featured more than 250 exhibits throughout the campus from more than 1,800 students and faculty.
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April 20, 2022
Imagine RIT returns in person this Saturday in Rochester
WROC-TV talks to RIT President David Munson about this Saturday's Imagine RIT festival.
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April 15, 2022
President Munson live on WITR radio Wednesday afternoon — final episode of semester
WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, as part of the “Ask Munson” series. The show will be the last of the 2021-2022 academic year.
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April 15, 2022
RIT to confer four honorary degrees at May 6 commencement ceremony
RIT will confer honorary degrees to four outstanding individuals at its 2022 commencement ceremony on May 6: Kimberly Bryant, founder of the nonprofit organization Black Girls CODE; Josephine King Olsen, former director of the Peace Corps; G. Peter Jemison, a member of the Heron clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians; and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine.
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April 12, 2022
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX
The 50th anniversary of the signing of Title IX into law will be commemorated in June, but the impact of the government’s dedication to changing education remains a consistent and crucial part of the landscape for women everywhere.
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April 8, 2022
RIT to create a School of Performing Arts
RIT is creating a School of Performing Arts to offer additional creative opportunities for thousands of students who wish to pursue their passions in performance while majoring in a range of other fields. The new school will be housed within RIT’s College of Liberal Arts beginning July 1, and a national search is underway for a director.
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April 1, 2022
15 colleges to grant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honorary degrees
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to RIT President Munson about the university's decision to grant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an honorary degree this spring.
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March 25, 2022
College of Art and Design celebrates alumnus Chance Wright’s transformational gift
RIT’s College of Art and Design hosted a dedication ceremony on Friday marking the recent completion of a “transformational” renovation of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences and honoring the alumnus whose gift made it possible. The event honored Chance Wright ’18, ’19 and his mother, Pamela Mars Wright, whose $3.5 million gift fueled the renovation and reconfiguration of the third floor of Gannett Hall.
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March 16, 2022
RIT and NTID receive federal funding appropriation from 2022 Omnibus budget
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced fiscal year 2022 funding he secured that will revitalize Rochester and the Finger Lakes region. Sen. Schumer highlighted significant funding in the amount of $88.5 million that NTID received in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, a $7 million increase over fiscal year 2021, with $3 million of that increase going toward NTID’s Regional STEM Center efforts.
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March 9, 2022
RIT designated a Military Friendly School for 2022-2023
The Military Friendly Schools list is created each year based on extensive research using public data sources for more than 8,800 schools nationwide, input from student veterans, and responses to the proprietary, data-driven Military Friendly Schools survey from participating institutions.
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March 8, 2022
RIT renames computer security hub
WHEC-TV reports on ESL Federal Credit Union's $3 million commitment to name the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute.
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March 8, 2022
ESL pledges $3M towards creation of Global Cybersecurity Institute at RIT
Spectrum News reports on ESL Federal Credit Union's $3 million commitment to name the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute.