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March 3, 2025
Circuit board campus wins this year’s Imagine RIT poster contest
Third-year illustration major Ava Guarino started working on her submission for the poster contest not long after last year’s festival ended. Some 7,800 votes were cast, and Guarino’s poster was one of the top vote-getters to make the finals. Imagine RIT is April 26.
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March 3, 2025
RIT storytellers capture the heart and hustle of Special Olympics athletes
Students from various majors across RIT made a website providing wall-to-wall coverage of the 2025 Special Olympics New York Winter Games. This was the fourth year RIT partnered with Special Olympics to document the events.
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February 28, 2025
RIT introduces esports scholarships
New scholarships recognize students for their competitive video gaming skills and dedication to representing the university at the highest level. Since forming in 2016, RIT Esports has become one of the largest and best collegiate esports programs in the world.
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February 26, 2025
Ph.D. student gets a look into her future as part of astronomical experiment team
Dunn is part of the Tomographic Ionized Carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), a project that is studying the early universe by mapping the emission of ionized carbon from distant galaxies.
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February 26, 2025
Academic Support Tip: Reducing Barriers to Tutoring Participation
Inside Higher Ed highlights how RIT reorganized its academic support office to break down silos.
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February 25, 2025
Saunders College of Business to host third Women’s Leadership Weekend
The Power Your Potential (PYP) Women’s Conference on Feb. 28, kicking off the upcoming national Women’s History Month in March, serves as a dynamic platform for area businesswomen to gather insights from peers, engage in educational activities, and foster an environment conducive to women’s success in various professional spheres.
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February 21, 2025
RIT Ph.D. student and visiting assistant professor driving global sustainability
Since 2008, Thiab has been an active practitioner in the field of sustainable business and contributed to several programs and initiatives focused on sustainable solutions in Jordan and more recently the United States.
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February 21, 2025
Overleaf now available to RIT researchers
RIT faculty, staff, and students now have full access to Overleaf, an intuitive online platform that makes it easier to write, edit, and collaborate on scientific documents. The software is used by leading academic institutions around the world.
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February 19, 2025
RIT app on Steam brings 19th-century printing to life
RIT students are using a new technology to capture an old experience. Their virtual reality app simulates printing on a 19th-century cast iron hand-press that once belonged to British designer William Morris.
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February 19, 2025
Alvarez, RIT skating toward historic postseason home game
Pickin' Splinters features RIT women's hockey, led by Addie Alvarez, as the Tigers aim for a strong playoff run.
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February 17, 2025
Rochester City Ballet and RIT present ‘Visionary’
Rochester City Ballet is teaming up with RIT to present “Visionary,” a four-piece showcase of classical and contemporary movement, including a world premiere version of Boléro.
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February 14, 2025
RIT community has free access to Bloomberg.com—Here’s how to register
The complimentary access is a result of an interdisciplinary team of RIT students winning the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge last fall. The winning “Tigers Trading” team outlasted 2,453 teams from 396 universities in 46 countries in a 6+ week simulated investing challenge.