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  • August 30, 2018

    A photo looking down on a drum set with five people holding out their drum sticks over the drums, as if they are about to all play the drums at once.

    RIT drumline welcomes new members
    Meet Tim Coon, a fourth-year software engineering major and member of the RIT drumline, Jazz Ensemble, RIT Pep Band and the newly created Game Symphony Orchestra.

  • August 24, 2018

    President Munson outlines RIT’s 2025 Strategic Plan
    RIT President David Munson said exciting changes are in the works in RIT’s revised 2025 Strategic Plan that will help the university get closer to becoming a top-50 university, yet unlike any other top-50 university in the nation.

  • August 21, 2018

    RIT welcomes new students to campus
    RIT this week welcomes its most academically qualified freshman class, with an average SAT score expected to exceed 1300 for the first time. With the new students, total RIT enrollment is expected to surpass 19,000, the highest in history.

  • August 6, 2018

    A photo of a tiger laying down in the grass.

    RIT sponsors tiger exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo
    RIT is sharing its tiger pride by sponsoring the tiger exhibit at the Seneca Park Zoo. It’s the latest collaboration between RIT and the zoo, which last year signed a formal memorandum of understanding to develop, promote and implement mutually beneficial projects.

  • August 6, 2018

    The four women e-board members stand together in the stations broadcasting room.

    WITR increases diversity
    Members of WITR noticed something was missing last school year among its participants—women. After an effort to step up recruitment efforts to make sure everyone was given an opportunity to be part of the station, female membership has increased by 40 percent since 2017.

  • August 6, 2018

    Mike Blain and his wife surrounded by RIT honors program students and Tamra Werner, director of alumni relations celebrating his birthday.

    RIT Hillel founder leaves lasting impact
    By 1954, Mike Blain ’57 (printing) had survived the Holocaust and the Korean War and wanted a college education. He finished at RIT in three years, worked as an associate editor for Reporter magazine and started RIT Hillel, the Jewish student group that continues 64 years later.

  • July 10, 2018

    members of an a cappella group singing on one knee.

    RIT community joins Fringe Festival fun

    RIT students, faculty, staff and Osher members are part of an 11-day lineup of more than 500 eclectic performances in this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, Sept. 12-22 in Rochester.

  • June 27, 2018

    two students working on a laptop in maker space.

    New programs help students with autism gain confidence, employment
    Two new programs at RIT are helping students with autism prepare for interviews and land jobs. Eight students recently completed a three-week Career Ready Boot Camp, and RIT’s Neurodiverse Hiring Initiative has helped dozens of students network and find co-op work.

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