News by Topic: Diversity
RIT is open to all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, ability, and culture, and actively supports the inclusion of all communities. Through accessible technologies and academic programs, research on social issues, and celebrations of individuals from all backgrounds, RIT hopes to be the model for a brighter future for all people.
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September 21, 2018
Student work on display at Ganondagan State Historic Site
Jordana Deutsch, a fourth-year industrial design student from Manasquan, N.J., created a wayfinding system that welcomes visitors to the Ganondagan State Historic Site and guides them through 569 acres of trails. -
September 19, 2018
Business professor earns Trailblazer Award
Distinguished Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship dt ogilvie has been given the Trailblazer Award by The PhD Project Management Doctoral Student Association for her scholarly contribution to the field of management and her mentoring of faculty and doctoral students. -
September 18, 2018
RIT announces 2018-2019 theatrical season
Four performances presenting an array of cultural, political and social issues are part of a new collaborative season by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts Theater Arts Program and RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf performing arts program. -
September 12, 2018
Veteran journalist Janet Lomax named Minett Professor
The Minett Professorship brings distinguished Rochester-area multicultural professionals to the RIT campus to share their professional knowledge and experience. -
September 10, 2018
RIT recognized for diversity and inclusion efforts
For the second year in a row, RIT is being honored as an institution committed to diversity for 2018 by Minority Access, Incorporated. RIT is also receiving a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine for the fifth consecutive year. -
September 10, 2018
RIT wins collaborative award to improve STEM ecosystem
RIT professor Casey Miller won $880,000 from the National Science Foundation INCLUDES program, which seeks to increase and strengthen efforts to create a diverse STEM workforce to meet the nation’s future needs and maintain its standing in research and development. -
September 10, 2018
RIT among the top universities in the nation
RIT is among the top third “National Universities” and the top 50 choices of high school guidance counselors, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. -
August 27, 2018
Inclusive Excellence cultivates diversity
The first Inclusive Excellence research fellowship was held this summer and paired seven undergraduate students in the College of Science with research mentors. The initiative is working to create a deeper understanding of diversity in the College of Science and at RIT. -
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 23, 2018
CNN’s Tara Setmayer to keynote Expressions of King’s Legacy event
CNN political commentator Tara Setmayer will be the keynote speaker for the annual Expressions of King’s Legacy celebration in January. -
August 22, 2018
New students urged to dream and change the world
Get involved, know your fellow students and professors, and take advantage of as many opportunities as you can was the main theme expressed during New Student Convocation at RIT today, as the university welcomed its most academically qualified first-year students. -
August 20, 2018
RIT welcomes 2018 class of Destler/Johnson scholars
RIT will welcome the ninth class of Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars at a ceremony on Monday. Since 2010, the program has provided more than 200 graduates of the Rochester City School District and Rochester charter schools with the opportunity to attend RIT tuition-free.