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  • September 24, 2018

    Characters from Final Fantasy assembled in a group looking off camera.

    RPO partners with RIT for ‘Final Fantasy’ performance
    As part of a university initiative that encourages its students to experience the city’s rich artistic community, RIT will partner with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and The Strong to make gaming come alive through music and art.

  • September 11, 2018

    Voting booth stations set up at different tables, no one is sitting at them.

    RIT has its first on-campus voting site
    This year for the first time, eligible students at RIT will be able to cast their vote in a general election without leaving campus. The Monroe County Board of Elections is establishing a polling station at RIT’s Gene Polisseni Center.

  • September 7, 2018

    Male student with glasses dressed in suit.

    Student leaders work to grow graduate culture
    Yashar Seyed Vahedein, an engineering Ph.D. candidate, established the Doctoral Student Association (DSA) as a social and professional connection for RIT’s doctoral and prospective Ph.D. students.

  • 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.

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