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.

  • April 6, 2017

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    RITz dinner anchors RIT Croatia’s 20th anniversary

    Marko SekuliÄá ’04, director of Business Development at the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice, is the Honorary Chair of the 2017 RITz Dinner Event taking place on Friday at the Hotel Imperial Dubrovnik. The annual dinner is one of the events highlighting RIT Croatia’s 20th anniversary.

  • April 5, 2017

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    RIT scores high in ‘CEO Magazine’ MBA rankings

    RIT’s graduate business programs continue to be among the best in the nation and globally among colleges and universities, according to The CEO Magazine’s 2017 Global MBA Rankings, released today.

  • March 29, 2017

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    RIT to host symposium on American Indian languages

    Preserving American Indian languages is the focus of the Symposium on American Indian Languages on April 7, when up to 100 people from around the country will gather to learn about projects to study, document and preserve native languages for future generations.

  • March 24, 2017

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    Students provide 3D-printed arm to teen in Rwanda

    Laura Alderfer and Ken Postel, both undergraduate students in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, traveled to Rwanda to deliver a 3D-printed prosthetic arm after spending the fall semester designing, printing and testing it for a 19-year-old boy in Rwanda.

  • March 22, 2017

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    Accreditation evaluation team to visit RIT

    RIT is getting ready for its 10-year checkup with an outside accreditation team. A nine-member evaluation team, consisting of faculty and administrators from peer institutions, is on campus through Wednesday.

  • March 7, 2017

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    NTID professor first U.S. scientist in EACH program

    Todd Pagano, professor of chemistry and associate dean for Teaching and Scholarship Excellence at NTID, was the first faculty member from RIT—and the first U.S. scientist—to participate in the Excellence in Analytical CHemistry (EACH) program.

  • March 1, 2017

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    Top stories and videos for February

    News about two alumni pitching on Shark Tank was the most read story last month. Check out all of February’s top stories and videos.

  • February 16, 2017

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    Student displays photo work from Kosovo

    Meet Daniel Vasta, a third-year photojournalism major and one of a handful of RIT students who traveled to Kosovo last summer to pursue documentary projects as part of a study abroad program.

  • February 3, 2017

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    SG supports those affected by immigration policy

    RIT’s Student Government passed a resolution 23 to 1 on Friday in support of students, faculty and staff from seven countries whose citizens have temporarily been restricted from entering the United States by executive order of President Donald Trump on Jan. 27.

  • February 3, 2017

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    Three named international education chairs

    Saunders College of Business Professor Robert Barbato, Associate Professor Michael Palanski and Associate Professor Zhi Tang were named the Paul and Francena Miller Chairs in International Education for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  • February 3, 2017

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    Team spends winter break helping refugees in Rwanda

    Six RIT students and a professor spent winter break collecting GPS data points and conducting economic surveys for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at a refugee camp in Rwanda. The team will use the data to create maps to help improve the lives of refugees and camp organizers.

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