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  • March 26, 2018

    Headshot of Tom Wheeler.

    Commencement celebrations begin Friday

    Tom Wheeler, who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017, will be the keynote speaker at RIT’s 133rd annual commencement celebration on May 11.
  • June 12, 2017

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    Top stories and videos for May

    Imagine RIT and commencement dominated May’s most watched videos. Check out all of last month’s top stories and videos.
  • May 19, 2017

    Graduates taking pictures

    Commencement speaker: Success awaits hard workers

    Less than a decade after graduating, alumnus Austin McChord, founder and CEO of the widely acclaimed technology company Datto Inc., returned to campus today to give the commencement speech to some 3,500 graduates, including 32 students who earned Ph.D.s.
  • May 17, 2017

    A selfie of Rachel (Gardner) Aho.

    Army vet first to receive exercise science degree

    With a leap of faith, Rachael (Gardner) Aho transferred to RIT before the exercise science BS degree was officially in place. In her senior year, Aho became the first student to enroll in the program.
  • May 15, 2017

    Person posing near tiger statue

    Grad defines strength in the face of adversity

    Amie Sankoh came to the U.S. from Sierra Leone when she was 12 years old. The biochemistry student, who is deaf, will begin studying in August for her Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
  • May 10, 2017

    Student posing in front of statue

    Student to defend U.S. cybersecurity in new job

    Jesse Buonanno, a fifth-year student graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computing security, plans to give back to his country the best way he knows how—by enhancing U.S. cybersecurity.
  • May 10, 2017

    Person posing at Niagara falls

    MBA grad will take leadership skills back to Egypt

    Dalia Rehab, a pharmacist from Egypt, graduates this May with an MBA degree in entrepreneurship from RIT’s Saunders College of Business. She says she was particularly drawn to educational experiences that could help her gain confidence in communication, public speaking and leadership.
  • May 9, 2017

    Portrait of Leah Bockhahn

    A family first: Graduating from college

    Thousands of RIT students took the stage in the Gordon Field House May 19 as their status shifted from student to graduate. For Leah Bockhahn, Muhammad Ibraheem and Shantel Forrest, crossing the stage had an even deeper meaning as they became the first in their families to graduate from college.