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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January 23, 2013
RIT team needs your vote in innovation challenge
The mission of team Clean Life Corps is to develop the basic infrastructure and toilet stock required to effectively manage 400 people in the Commune of Borgne in Haiti. -
January 17, 2013
Executive MBA panelists talk Turkey
The International Resource Group is hosting a panel from the E. Philip Saunders College of Business to discuss their findings from company projects conducted in Istanbul. -
January 17, 2013
Tutor for Hire offers academic support
The new website allows RIT community members to go online to offer their tutoring skills or find a tutor in their desired subject area. -
January 14, 2013
Engineering and science’s universal language
Eleven students from France are attending RIT as part of a university agreement program; they have been taking engineering, computing and science classes since the fall. -
January 8, 2013
Transnational studies professor to speak Jan. 17
Toni Pressley-Sanon presents “Haiti’s Contemporary Peasant Movement: Struggles and Triumphs” as part of the Conable lecture series. -
January 4, 2013
Faculty honored for virtual classroom project
Five faculty members won a NASPA Bronze Excellence Award for connecting students from multiple RIT campuses in Henrietta, Croatia and Kosovo. -
December 19, 2012
International environmental leaders meet at RIT
Lecturer Lisa Greenwood led U.S. delegation at meeting to revise the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO policies and guidelines. -
December 17, 2012
Students offer design ideas for project in Turkey
RIT students collaborated with Kadir Has University in Istanbul, creating proposals for designs that incorporated old tires into an urban park in Istanbul. -
November 27, 2012
Author to discuss Hindu settlers
Corinne Dempsey, an expert in Hindu traditions, global Christianity, gender, politics and religion, comparative religion and mysticism, visits Dec. 5. -
November 27, 2012
RIT to participate in global hack-a-thon
Random Hacks of Kindness is made up of a community of more than 5,500 innovators developing open source technology to address some of the world’s most complex issues. -
November 13, 2012
Yousef Al-Assaf named president of RIT Dubai
Al-Assaf, professor of engineering and dean of the College of Engineering at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, will join RIT Dubai on Feb. 1. -
November 2, 2012
Top stories and videos for October
Coverage of Hurricane Sandy topped last month’s list of top RIT news stories. Check out all of October’s most popular stories.