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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October 28, 2015
RIT to offer bachelor’s in digital humanities
RIT will offer a new major in digital humanities and social sciences starting Fall 2016. It will combine liberal arts studies with technical courses like computer programming. -
October 27, 2015
RIT professor helps preserve languages of Amazonia
Wilson de Lima Silva, assistant professor of linguistics, has received a three-year $160,591 grant to help preserve Siriano and Desano, languages of the Tukanoan family. -
October 16, 2015
International students flock to RIT
Hundreds of international students gathered on the Kodak Quad to have a group photo taken Friday. RIT welcomed a record 2,635 international students to campus this fall. -
October 7, 2015
Guests from Sweden’s Malmo University visit RIT
More than two dozen administrators and academic staff from Malmo University will visit campus from Thursday through Saturday to discuss common interests. -
October 6, 2015
Students published on environmental magazine site
Close to 30 students in Joel Helfrich's "Introduction to Environmental Studies" class had essays published in Orion Magazine's "The Place Where You Live" series. -
September 17, 2015
RIT to test emergency alert system Sept. 20
RIT will conduct a test of RIT Alert, the emergency notification system, at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20. This is only a test; no action is needed.
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September 9, 2015
‘U.S. News’ ranks RIT among most innovative
RIT is among the “Most Innovative Schools” in a new survey of college leaders in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges. -
September 3, 2015
McNair Scholar hopes to give back to homeland
Meet Enock Ntekereze, a third-year international global studies student who came to the U.S. as a refugee when he was 13. -
August 27, 2015
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August 24, 2015
RIT expands partnership with Beijing university
Two new degree programs will begin this fall in a joint collaboration between RIT’s Saunders College of Business and BJTU’s School of Economics and Management. -
August 18, 2015
New name for Center for Multidisciplinary Studies
The Center for Multidisciplinary Studies is now called the School of Individualized Study to better reflect the school’s mission. -
August 4, 2015
Risk pays off for graduate’s travel business
Aiyana Mathews ’02 has always had a penchant for travel. Now, it’s her business. Mathews is the founder and CEO of Gardner-Mathews Travel Concierge.