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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May 12, 2014
Former baseball player discusses changing culture
Anthropology professor and former minor leaguer George Gmelch presents “The Changing Culture of Baseball” May 13. -
May 3, 2014
Imagine RIT draws thousands to campus
By the end of the day, an estimated 32,000 people made their way through campus to see hundreds of exhibits and demonstrations by RIT students, faculty and staff. -
May 2, 2014
Students capture the Dubai experience
A group of students from a variety of disciplines spent 12 days in the United Arab Emirates. Their experiences are documented in an exhibition on view in The Wallace Center. -
May 1, 2014
Top stories and videos for April
News about the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Clinical Health Sciences Center was most popular last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos. -
April 29, 2014
Student finalist for Net Awards in London
Jen Lamere, a first-year software engineering student, ranks among the top five nominees for the 2014 Net Award in the category of Emerging Talent of the Year. -
April 28, 2014
RIT team takes first in business plan contest
Imagine Soap, led by industrial design graduate student Brendan Gordon, took first place in the social/nonprofit category at the New York Business Plan Competition in Albany. -
April 17, 2014
Teams head to business plan contest finals
Three teams of RIT students have advanced to the final round of the New York Business Plan Competition on April 25. -
April 15, 2014
Symposium celebrates multifaceted global films
“The Globe at the Movies” features the opportunity to screen six internationally released films and participate in Q&A sessions with directors and film scholars. -
April 9, 2014
RIT celebrates graduate students
The first Graduate Education Week at RIT will be held April 14–18 and features speakers, workshops, information fairs and a keynote address and luncheon. -
April 4, 2014
NTID students go from chilly to Chile
A dozen students from NTID spent much of January’s intercession in Chile, learning about its history, culture, politics and Chilean Sign Language. -
April 4, 2014
Prime minister visits graduates’ brewery in Kosovo
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci visited the brewery owned by Alex Butler ’11 and Etida Zeka ’09, ’10 during his re-election campaign. -
March 31, 2014
Business students in first place in Macy’s contest
Three Saunders College of Business students earned first place in Macy’s Undergraduate Marketing Challenge 2014—winning a trip to New York City to pitch to Macy’s executives.