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A serial entrepreneur, Brandon Hudson was RIT’s first Gap Year fellow in 2018. Before that, Hudson had a knack for business, selling wristbands for the then-new Apple Watch.

Janessa Steenberg initially created the original recipe for herself to bridge a culinary gap between her vegan diet and the Italian-Maltese cuisine from her Toronto childhood and her grandmother’s kitchen.

Independent game developer Rami Ismail hired former Gap Year fellow Sam Magnolia and their cofounders at Aesthetician Labs — Noah Magnolia and Aidan Markham — to lead the development and production team for Australia Did It.

Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about the university’s proposed 2035 Strategic Framework, outlining priorities such as student success, expanded research, and global impact.

Six students from RIT's graphic design and new media design programs were recognized at the local American Advertising Awards, an event that recognizes excellence in advertising campaigns and the highest creative standards in the industry.

Computer science major Emma Schmitt took a required co-op seminar class to help prepare for the internship search and what do to on the job, helping her land co-ops at Honeywell/LenelS2 and Microsoft.

Amelia Hunkele, now in her second year as a new media design major, is this year’s winning artist for the Imagine RIT poster, which depicts a Rube Goldberg machine.

RIT has launched a new decade-long strategic framework that will guide the university’s priorities, investments, inspiration, and aspirations through 2035.

After Lily Roberts, president of the Theme Park Enthusiasts club, completed a co-op last year at Universal's Epic Universe in Orlando, she accepted another with Universal’s Global Attractions Program, overseeing the redevelopment and refurbishment of attractions.

13WHAM spotlights RIT's annual PBJam, an event where students, staff, and administrators, including RIT President Bill Sanders, made more than 1,100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to kick off the university's United Way Campaign.

RIT/NTID and The Strong National Museum of Play have again partnered to celebrate the richness of Rochester’s Deaf community with a Deaf Day of Play at the museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21. Students from NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Education Bachelor of Science in Interpreting program will provide pro bono ASL interpretation throughout the museum. 

As part of a collaborative capstone project, students from new media design and new media interactive development are creating interactive experiences with alternative controllers. Three of the projects will be exhibited at the Game Developers Conference Festival of Gaming next week.