President’s News

  • August 18, 2021

    group of college students outside with their orientation leader.

    Dreams, hard work, and success await new students

    A record number of first-year students Wednesday made their way to the Gordon Field House and Activities Center to cheers and welcomes from faculty, staff, and members of the RIT Pep Band during the annual Tiger Walk and New Student Convocation.

  • August 12, 2021

    banner outdoors in a parking lot reads Welcome to RIT.

    Move-in, orientation await thousands of RIT students

    Thousands of students are expected back on campus next week, as a record number of freshmen move in, begin orientation, and attend New Student Convocation. Roughly 3,260 first-year students are expected – about 1,000 a day will move in starting Sunday through Tuesday. That’s up more than 250 students from last year, which also saw a record number of freshmen.

  • June 15, 2021

    office buildings and arch bridge in Rochester.

    Rochester Is Revitalizing 

    The Greater Rochester Enterprise talks to RIT President David Munson about the important role RIT plays in growing Rochester's economy.

  • June 9, 2021

    crowd of seated students throwing colorful paper airplanes.

    RIT expects to welcome a record-breaking freshman class this fall

    For the second consecutive year, RIT officials anticipate that the university will welcome a record number of first-year undergraduate students. More than 3,350 first-year students have submitted deposits for fall enrollment as of June 1, up from more than 3,130 this time last year.

  • May 5, 2021

    artist rotating a glass ball throw a flame.

    Video exhibits remain online for Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival

    If you couldn’t tune in to this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival which was held virtually on Saturday, not to worry. The more than 250 exhibits of projects, research, and performing arts of more than 800 students, faculty, and staff will remain online for the foreseeable future and are free to access.

  • April 29, 2021

    RIT President Munson wearing a mask and speaking into a microphone in a radio station.

    President Munson reflects on the past year and looks ahead

    RIT President David Munson reflected on the challenges of the past year of a campus living collectively through a global pandemic in his final “Ask Munson” question-and-answer show of the academic year on WITR (89.7) radio Wednesday.