News by Topic: Student Experience

WHAM-TV highlights RIT engineering students participating in a Halloween-themed pumpkin launching competition at the University of Rochester, using handmade catapults, trebuchets, and air cannons to put their engineering skills into practice.

The ranking recognizes RIT’s mix of degree programs, emphasis on collaboration between creative and technical disciplines, hands-on production and research facilities, and partnerships with industry organizations.

RIT biomedical sciences student Cassandra Kehler used her CPR skills to save a neighbor in distress.

As a technical program manager at Meta, Dorrene Brown ’13 (software engineering) leads software, firmware, and artificial intelligence teams developing cutting-edge devices.

A partnership between RIT and Rochester Regional Health is bringing students into the lab to help advance an ear infection vaccine and launch careers in science and medicine.

The Conversation features an essay by Tori Russell, biomedical and chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate; Karin Wuertz-Kozak, Harvey J. Palmer Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering; and Maureen Ferran, professor of biology, exploring how physical forces and tissue stiffness influence viral infections and how this research could lead to better treatments.

WHEC-TV speaks with Julie Purpura, visiting lecturer of hospitality and tourism management at RIT, about the university’s wine and beverage courses, which offer students hands-on learning experiences that can lead to careers in the beverage industry or foster a lifelong appreciation for wine.

WROC-TV highlights RIT’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend, which featured a special appearance by renowned science educator Bill Nye.

Tigers of Geographic Information and Research is more than a geography club, although its members do love maps. Geographic information systems technology is used to analyze and visualize location-based data, with applications varying from urban planning and environmental management to crime analysis. 

RIT Professor Christina Goudreau Collison has received an award for excellence in teaching from a branch of the American Chemical Society.

The Mercer Island Reporter interviews 2025 RIT game design and development graduate Brandon Korn about Space Raccoons: Raccoons in Space, a game he and fellow RIT students developed while at RIT.

Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, examining research suggesting that exposure to international students fosters lasting cultural openness, social integration, and international mobility without negatively affecting domestic students’ career outcomes.