News by Topic: Community Outreach

For over 15 years, the Rochester City Scholars program has helped Rochester students turn college aspirations into successful careers, with alumni becoming doctors, designers, executives, sonographers, artists, teachers, and more.

The Evening Tribune features work by Corinn Marriott, visiting lecturer of illustration, who spent roughly 400 hours creating a 750-square-foot mural celebrating the history of Wayland, N.Y., with funding from grants, local businesses, and community members. (This content will require a subscription to view.)

WHEC-TV reports that more than 100 people gathered at RIT’s observatory to watch Thursday night’s partial lunar eclipse, using the observatory’s telescope to get a closer look as Earth’s shadow gave the moon a reddish tint.

WHAM-TV highlights RIT’s 17th cohort of Rochester City Scholars, a program that has provided more than 370 local high school graduates with the opportunity to attend RIT tuition-free since 2009.

Multidisciplinary teams of RIT students collaborated on eight projects during the Studio 930 internship program, designing accessible healthcare solutions for children and adults with disabilities.

WHAM-TV features RIT's video game development camp where middle school-aged campers received their own laptop computers.

Rochester Beacon highlights RIT's role as a key partner in STELLAR, a new National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine that will strengthen laser research, manufacturing, workforce development, and regional economic growth.

Rochester Business Journal reports that RIT is helping launch STELLAR, a University of Rochester-led initiative backed by the National Science Foundation to expand the nation's laser research and innovation ecosystem.

WROC-TV highlights a regional coalition selected by the National Science Foundation to establish STELLAR, a national hub for laser innovation and workforce development. RIT is a key partner in the coalition.

WXXI News spotlights RIT's participation in the NSF-funded STELLAR initiative, a collaborative effort to position the Rochester region as a national leader in laser technologies and advanced manufacturing.

The National Science Foundation will award $15 million over the next two years to the Rochester/Finger Lakes region of New York to establish a national hub for laser science and development. RIT is a key partner in the initiative.

The Floating Pavilion, part of a Floating Garden food forest envisioned by New York-based interdisciplinary artist Mary Mattingly, was created by RIT students.