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James Hall

At SOIS, you’ll find skilled conversation partners excited to help you set a strategy and find a way forward to professional success, continuous intellectual curiosity, and engaged, thoughtful citizenship.   Shape courses, experiences, conversation, and self-reflection into a transformative educational package that lets you be you.
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  • August 27, 2024

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    RIT offers new master’s degrees in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and project management

    The new engineering master’s degrees will serve to meet demands in increasing renewable energies, personalized healthcare technologies, and diagnostic system improvements. The project management MS allows students the ability to better specialize to their specific interests, giving them a competitive edge in their field of interest and making them more valuable to an employer.

  • August 15, 2024

    Lt. Col. Michael Sim is shown in a headshot with his name and title displayed to the left in orange.

    RIT’s Army ROTC gets new commander

    Michael Sim, an Army lieutenant colonel who was previously stationed in Ft. Drum in Watertown, N.Y., taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most recently in Italy for NATO, has been selected to lead RIT’s Army ROTC program.
  • August 14, 2024

    Jennifer Sertl appears in a headshot surrounded by logos for sponsoring businesses of the podcast she was featured on.

    Communication is competitive advantage  

    The Institute of Internal Communications podcast features Jennifer Sertl, adjunct faculty in the School of Individualized Study, about the crucial role authenticity plays in internal communication, especially in today's landscape shaped by generative AI.