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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November 12, 2026
RIT students win Microsoft hackathon with AI-powered shopping solution
The competition asked students to step into the role of a Microsoft Cloud and AI Specialist for a day and work alongside professionals from Microsoft, Mastercard, EY, and GitHub. Out of more than 1,000 applications, the RIT team was selected as one of 17 finalists and won first place.
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November 6, 2026
Reconnect with your roots through higher education
Croatia Week highlights RIT Croatia’s American and Croatian degree programs, hands-on co-op opportunities, and scholarships for students in the global Croatian diaspora.
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November 6, 2026
UAE food delivery: Your 'just Dh50' habit could cost you over Dh10,000 a year – how to cut back
Gulf News speaks with Kashif Farhat, assistant professor of digital marketing at RIT Dubai, about how automatic payments, subscriptions, and consumer spending habits can obscure the true cost of frequent food delivery orders, emphasizing the importance of tracking recurring expenses and making informed financial decisions.
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October 7, 2026
RIT Dubai launches Master of Science in Integrative Design
GCC Business News highlights RIT Dubai’s new Master of Science in Integrative Design, an interdisciplinary program combining design, technology, business, and human-centered thinking to prepare graduates to develop innovative solutions to real-world challenges.
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October 5, 2026
RIT receives NASA support for community-driven remote sensing experiments
NASA has awarded RIT’s Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory (DIRS) a three-year grant to lead a remote sensing field campaign and share the resulting data with researchers, educators, and the public.
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September 30, 2026
RIT student’s co-op, coursework lead to prestigious scholarship
RIT undergraduate electrical engineering student Aiden Morris has received a prestigious SMART Scholarship which he hopes will position him for a civilian career with the U.S. military.
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September 30, 2026
Where can college degree take you in life? UAE students can find out at KT UniExpo
Edarabia speaks with Abubakar Khan, student enrollment coordinator at RIT Dubai, about the university’s 25 percent increase in student enrollment as UAE students explore degree programs and career opportunities at KT UniExpo.
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September 30, 2026
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September 24, 2026
RIT students across disciplines create peacebuilding video game
Small choices can have big consequences. That’s the idea at the heart of Peaceland: Choose Your Memory, a new video game being developed by students and faculty at RIT.
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September 15, 2026
NASA awards RIT $2.2 million to extend Landsat satellite program collaboration
RIT’s decades-long partnership with the federal Landsat program will continue with a $2.2 million grant from NASA.
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September 11, 2026
RIT president says next build is strengthening people and programs
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.
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August 31, 2026
Rochester Institute of Technology concludes its first student innovation programme in India
The Hindu highlights RIT’s inaugural Global Scholar Quest in India, a student innovation program that challenged high school students to develop solutions to real-world problems in areas including AI, climate, and healthcare, culminating in a competition in Mumbai with scholarships and seed funding for the winning team.
