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Visitors attending this year’s ESL Rochester Fringe Festival may not realize they’re also experiencing an unofficial celebration of Rochester Institute of Technology’s creativity. More than 30 performances feature RIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni showcasing the university’s artistic talent.

When Buffalo Bills fans at Highmark Stadium cheer for the team this season, their energy will be transformed into a living piece of art through a new installation co-created by a faculty member at RIT.

WHEC-TV features RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, which partnered with Make-A-Wish to help 19-year-old Caleb Pixley fulfill his wish of creating his own video game, The Maw.

WROC-TV features RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios and its partnership with Make-A-Wish to help 19-year-old Caleb Pixley bring his vision for his own video game, The Maw, to life.

In his State of the University address, RIT President Bill Sanders outlined a vision for RIT centered on investing in people, programs, and strategic priorities to sustain the university's momentum and impact.

WHEC-TV highlights RIT’s partnership with Great Lakes Gaming and the Rochester City School District to provide free summer video game camp scholarships to more than 100 local children, teaching skills in programming, digital art, and gaming technology.

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.