Alumni News
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March 20, 2025
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Grad’s photo inspires new Forever Stamp
A portrait taken by photography alumnus Kwaku Alston ’94 inspired the United States Postal Service’s new Betty White Commemorative Forever Stamp. The stamp will be available to buy on March 27.
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March 20, 2025
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Global public health class takes field trip to Dominican Republic
RIT students enrolled in a global public health class spent a weeklong field trip in the Dominican Republic examining healthcare and emergency services.
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March 20, 2025
![Kwaku Alston, smiling in a black cap and glasses, is honored as the 2024-2025 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in a graphic with bold orange text and accents.]()
Kwaku Alston named Outstanding Alumnus
Kwaku Alston ’94 (photography) has been named RIT’s Outstanding Alumnus for 2024-2025. Established by the Office of the President in 1952, it is the highest honor RIT can bestow upon a graduate.
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March 19, 2025
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Pain And Pleasure In Project Management Of CDMOs
Outsourced Pharma talks to Tony Sampognaro '23 (Executive MBA) about how his degree has enhanced his abilities in navigating the business complexities of Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations.
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March 17, 2025
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Camp Good Days inspires RIT physician assistant student
Deeply interested in how disease shapes children's lives, her experience interacting with pediatric cancer patients, survivors, and family members at Camp Good Days has enhanced her RIT education with interpersonal skills that are difficult to learn through textbooks.
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March 17, 2025
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Creative career remix: Alumnus shapes Spotify's user experience
Chad Cooper '19 MFA (visual communication design) is a senior product designer - design systems for Spotify, where he helps deliver the audio streaming platform’s visual look and feel for more than 600 million users.
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March 14, 2025
![Newlywed couple in matching white suits share a kiss at their wedding ceremony, holding hands under an outdoor arch, while an officiant and a sign language interpreter stand nearby.]()
Learning a Shared Love Language — One That Includes Signing
The New York Times features the love story of alumnus Jerald Creer and his husband, Kent Williams.
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March 14, 2025
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Renovated Student Life Center offers more opportunities for students
Whether your idea of recreation is lifting weights, playing basketball, running, doing yoga, or playing darts, RIT’s Hale-Andrews Student Life Center is accommodating more visitors than ever, thanks in part to recent renovations and additions.
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March 10, 2025
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Inequity and suffering bother me, says design pioneer who has changed lives
The New Straits Times speaks to Patricia Moore '74 (industrial design).
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March 5, 2025
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Let’s Hear It for the Ladies Who Lathe
The New York Times features the work of Wendy Maruyama '80 MFA (woodworking and furniture design), one of the first two women to graduate with a master's degree in furniture making.
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March 5, 2025
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Professor earns grant for poignant exploration of ancestral ties to slavery
Associate Professor Meredith Davenport’s personal memoir history project, recognized by The Aftermath Project, is a tapestry of historical research, photography, poetry, and fine art used to explore her family’s role in enslavement dating back to the late 1700s.
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March 3, 2025
![Book cover for 'Thinking Made Visible: Movement, Narrative, and the Work of Saul Bass' by Jacob A. Dickerson. The left side has a black background with the title in bold white and red text, while the right side features a black-and-white photograph of Saul Bass smiling and gesturing. The cover includes design elements in blue and green.]()
Saul Bass’ iconic graphic designs are the focus of a new RIT Press book
Bass’ work ranges from the iconic movie poster and title sequences of the 1955 film noir, The Man with the Golden Arm, to familiar corporate logos for the Girl Scouts, United Way, Special Olympics, Exxon, AT&T, and more.
