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Meet Aida Hajdarpasic, a fourth-year illustration student who plays in the RIT Philharmonic Orchestra and the RIT Game Symphony Orchestra.

A snowboarding and ski course, escape rooms, grocery bingo, hockey games and Saturday Night Live cast member Mikey Day are some of the events and activities planned for the 10th annual FreezeFest.

John Seely Brown, former chief scientist of Xerox Corp. and director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), will be the keynote speaker for RIT’s annual commencement celebration.

Although they attend colleges thousands of miles away, student leaders from RIT’s global campuses found common goals to improve student experiences, cultural understanding and lasting friendships at the sixth annual Student Government Global Consortium.

More than 300 RIT students, faculty and staff spent part of Giving Tuesday preparing 50,688 healthy meals for the community during the Giving Tuesday Hunger Project. The meals were donated to Foodlink and RIT’s FoodShare program.

Meet Matt Altobelli, a third-year psychology student who is publishing a personal memoir about the struggles he has faced dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Meet Madison Miller, Jim Chen and Stefani Schultz, third-year interior design students who designed a play area for the Sojourner Home at Wilson Commencement Park in Rochester. The project received a $63,000 grant to make the students’ design a reality.

Meet TJ Bartholomew, a third-year exercise science major

The Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT features informational networking sessions, the student Tiger Tank competition and a keynote address from Mark Gentile, founder of Odyssey Software.

Meet Nathan DeMario, a mechanical engineering graduate student and chief technical officer of Phase Innovations.

Meet Laurel Perweiler, a fifth-year computer science major and an active quidditch player for the RIT quidditch club.

The annual Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff honor employees who participate in outstanding service and dedication to RIT.