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August 21, 2017
RIT welcomes most diverse class of freshmen
RIT this week welcomes its most diverse freshman class of about 2,800 students. That gives a total approximate enrollment approaching 19,000 students for the first time at RIT. -
August 21, 2017
Brick City features Trevor Noah of ‘The Daily Show’
Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend, Oct. 13-15, features more than 100 events during three days. Registration is now open. -
August 3, 2017
A family first: Graduating from college
Over the past 10 years, more than 5,000 first-generation students have enrolled in RIT undergraduate programs. Many have found support in on-campus programs designed to extend opportunity and encourage the pursuit of higher education. -
August 1, 2017
Princeton Review names RIT among best colleges
The education-services company The Princeton Review features RIT in the just-published 2018 edition of its annual book The Best 382 Colleges. -
May 19, 2017
Commencement speaker: Success awaits hard workers
Less than a decade after graduating, alumnus Austin McChord, founder and CEO of the widely acclaimed technology company Datto Inc., returned to campus today to give the commencement speech to some 3,500 graduates, including 32 students who earned Ph.D.s. -
May 11, 2017
Goodbye, Goodbuy! starts next week at RIT
One of the largest college recycling and sustainability programs in the country is set to begin Monday, when the third annual Goodbye, Goodbuy! event kicks off as students begin to move out at the end of the academic year at RIT. -
May 9, 2017
A family first: Graduating from college
Thousands of RIT students took the stage in the Gordon Field House May 19 as their status shifted from student to graduate. For Leah Bockhahn, Muhammad Ibraheem and Shantel Forrest, crossing the stage had an even deeper meaning as they became the first in their families to graduate from college. -
May 5, 2017
The show will go on at Imagine RIT
While organizers did decide to move the 10 a.m. opening ceremonies into Ingle Auditorium, forecasted rain won’t affect much else about tomorrow’s Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. The festival will go, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. -
April 25, 2017
Andy Grammer headlines RIT’s SpringFest
SpringFest features water games, giveaways, prom dress rugby and a concert by pop musician Andy Grammer, among other activities. -
April 24, 2017
Farid Barquet elected Student Government president
Barquet, who is finishing his third year as a biomedical sciences and biotechnology double major, has been elected RIT’s Student Government president for the 2017-2018 academic year. His term begins June 1. -
April 19, 2017
New program takes RIT students Into the ROC
Into the ROC was created last fall to enable students to experience cultural and recreational activities in the Rochester area and allow them an opportunity to volunteer to make the community a better place. -
April 17, 2017
‘Reporter’ wins multiple awards
Reporter, the student-run magazine at RIT, has won several Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and awards from the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest given by the New York Press Association.