News by Topic: Global Engagement
With international campuses located in China, Croatia, Dubai, and Kosovo, along with numerous study abroad, international research opportunities, and faculty-led excursions, RIT maintains a strong global network, giving students and faculty the chance expand their horizons across the world.
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March 12, 2026
Student inspired by Imagine RIT designs festival poster
Amelia Hunkele, now in her second year as a new media design major, is this year’s winning artist for the Imagine RIT poster, which depicts a Rube Goldberg machine.
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March 6, 2026
Bright Spot: 1,100 sandwiches for a cause
13WHAM spotlights RIT's annual PBJam, an event where students, staff, and administrators, including RIT President Bill Sanders, made more than 1,100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to kick off the university's United Way Campaign.
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March 2, 2026
RIT research in Ghana shapes global e-waste policies
A 2024 trip to Ghana by RIT faculty is shaping a new United Nations environmental report challenging e-waste assumptions.
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March 1, 2026
designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this march
designboom spotlights an upcoming exhibition, "Lella and Massimo Vignelli: a language of Clarity," at Triennale Milano. The Milan-based exhibition was organized in collaboration with RIT's Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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February 17, 2026
RIT Dubai launches Bachelor of Science in advertising and public relations
Khaleej Times highlights the new program at RIT Dubai, showcasing how it will prepare graduates for careers in a wide range of industries.
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January 27, 2026
Scientists reveal new details about dark matter’s influence on the universe
Scientists using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter ever produced.
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January 20, 2026
RIT launches exchange program with Prague film school
Recognizing the growing demand for globally fluent creatives, RIT has partnered with Prague’s Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts to launch a new student exchange program designed to prepare students for the realities of globalized creative industries.
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December 4, 2025
RIT Dubai hosts UAE’s youngest university student
Khaleej Times highlights the pilot program designed to nurture the unique and extraordinary talents of Leonardo Mariotti, the exceptional 12-year-old scholar enrolled at RIT Dubai.
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November 12, 2025
Want to be future ready? Dubai's new micro-master degree to train you for tomorrow
Edarabia highlights RIT Dubai's micro-masters program in planning and future foresight, speaking to Yousef Al-Assaf, RIT Dubai president.
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November 11, 2025
RIT professor brings nutrition expertise to international collaboration
A remote networking session Associate Professor Brenda Abu attended for academics from African countries has led to a promising collaboration that extends her scholarship and the influence of RIT to communities in Ghana.
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November 5, 2025
RIT Dubai project reinvents campus plastic waste to produce 3D printing materials
Gulf News speaks to Wael A. Samad, chair of the mechanical and industrial engineering department at RIT Dubai, about the potential application of sustainable filament beyond the academic realm.
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October 31, 2025
Global scholars gain international professional and personal experiences
The global scholars program brings students from RIT’s international campuses to study for up to two terms at the Rochester campus. The experience gives students a chance to diversify their cultural perspectives, expand their academic horizons, and build their professional networks.