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RIT is one of 34 U.S. colleges and universities to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program. RIT received $35,000 for its initiative European Deaf Culture: A Pilot Program in Community Engaged Learning.

Alexia Savage, a STEP scholar from Rush-Henrietta, has an academic resume that trumps many adults’. Just from this year’s Terra Fair, the 16-year-old high school junior walked away with seven awards, honors and other recognitions that also helped punch her ticket to present at Genius Olympiad -- an international science fair hosted by RIT.

Graduate students in RIT’s health systems management program are learning this week about how the industry works in Sweden from health care administrators and practitioners. The eight-day study-abroad course, Health Systems Analysis and Innovation, gives students insights into a different health care model and the nuanced reasons it works well for the Swedish culture.

Researchers from five colleges at RIT are testing a new way to deliver mental health therapy to people struggling with alcohol/drug addiction and aggressive behavior. RIT is running a randomized clinical trial with the Food and Drug Administration to test the therapy platform “RITchCBT” as a tool for treating people whose substance use disorders have led to intimate partner violence.

The Daily News features Mandi Antonucci '04 MST (visual arts - all grades).

The Rochester Business Journal announces RIT among the winners of the 2023 Reader Rankings Awards. RIT was named a winner in the Best Graduate Program, Best Undergraduate Program, and Best Overall Company to Work For (1,000+) categories. Saunders College of Business was named a winner in the Best MBA Program category. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

Seniors involved in STEP through Rochester Institute of Technology’s K-12 University Center who have committed to pursuing higher education. Colleges and universities scholars plan to attend are Alfred State, Finger Lakes Community College, Gannon University, Manhattan College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Monroe Community College, Niagara University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina Central University, Roberts Wesleyan, St. John Fisher, SUNY Cobleskill, University of Rochester and Wingate University.

Director Cara Mulvaney answers questions about the Office of Youth Protection and Compliance's mission in supporting a safe environment for minors on campus and involved in RIT-affiliated activities, events and programming.

Assistant Professor Yewande Abraham is part of a team developing a virtual reality-based learning environment to improve middle school students’ interest in STEM fields, specifically the evolving construction industry.

Emily Nack, an RIT graduate and past participant of the Army Educational Outreach Program, works fulltime at the Army Cyber Institute as a civilian employee serving the Department of Defense. She started with ACI last year as an AEOP apprentice and fellow, putting to use her passion of war-gaming to help develop new programs.

Rochester Prep High School's graduating class includes 91 students who will either continue their education or join the workforce. Eighty-five students from RIT's partner charter school will attend college in the fall, and eight of them will enroll at RIT. 

WXXI reports on the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors for the Future, of which RIT was named a member during the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan.