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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April 28, 2018
RIT/NTID student to join Peace Corps in Africa
Just one month after Maya Penn graduates with her bachelor’s degree in psychology from RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, she will fulfill her own personal quest for serving others by teaching deaf children in Ghana. -
April 27, 2018
Student Spotlight: RIT Croatia students visit for Imagine RIT
Sonja Armbrecht and Petar Kleskovic are two of four students who were selected to represent the Dubrovnik and Zagreb campuses at Imagine RIT. -
April 20, 2018
CIAS forms alliance with elite design school in China
RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences has formed a partnership with the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China’s premier art school, which has graduated some of the most famous and recognized contemporary visual artists in the world today. -
April 10, 2018
Research fuels creativity that powers RIT designers
RIT is one of the top universities in the nation working at the intersection of technology, the arts and design. RIT’s design programs are world ranked due to innovative students and faculty, along with close ties to industry and alumni. Click for a story and video. -
April 9, 2018
Symposium highlights international experiences
The fourth annual Global Learning Symposium highlighted RIT students’ study, research and work abroad achievements throughout the academic year. -
March 29, 2018
Student Spotlight: Studying abroad in Chile
Meet Luis Reyes-Umana, a fourth-year biomedical science major who traveled to Chile for the fall semester. From July to December, Reyes-Umana took classes and worked in local hospitals to get a taste of what international medicine is like. -
March 21, 2018
Students make a difference during spring break
Three groups of RIT students spent their spring break helping others in Florida, Texas and Costa Rica as part of the Alternative Spring Break program.
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March 19, 2018
Study-abroad options adapt to better serve students
Study abroad at RIT has been undergoing a quiet transformation in the past five years with the growth of short-term international programs, an increase in faculty-led opportunities and a stronger connection to RIT’s global campuses. -
February 8, 2018
RIT Kosovo alumnae named to Forbes '30 Under 30'
RIT Kosovo alumnae are featured in a prestigious 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the field of European law and policy. -
January 31, 2018
RIT honored for international education innovation
For the first time, RIT has been recognized by the Institute of International Education in its annual IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. -
January 30, 2018
RIT Dubai announces new, state-of-the-art campus
RIT Dubai will build a new campus, which will feature an innovation and entrepreneurship center and sustainable building processes, in the Dubai Silicon Oasis. -
January 25, 2018
RIT group helps recovery efforts in Puerto Rico
While many of their fellow students relaxed with their families during the winter break, a group of seven honors students and four administrators or staff from RIT volunteered to spend a week in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, helping clear debris and distribute needed supplies.