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  • January 17, 2018

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    RIT launches MicroMasters in Design Thinking

    Starting in April, learners can begin the RITx Design Thinking MicroMasters program offered on edX. Upon completing the MicroMasters program, learners can apply that credential toward earning an accelerated and reduced-cost master's degree in professional studies from RIT.
  • November 10, 2017

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    Comic artist Adam Kubert visits RIT Thursday

    Marvel Comics’ Adam Kubert ’81 (medical illustration) will discuss his career and “The Narrative Art of Comics” as part of the Comics Studies Lecture Series, sponsored by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.
  • May 12, 2017

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    Nine-credit course pushes critical thinking

    “The Meaning of Things—in Three Objects” encourages critical thinking/entrepreneurship—where students study three objects (the sail, the harmonica and the game) and reflect on their design, history, social and cultural past.
  • April 17, 2017

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    Archie Comics co-CEO to give Earth Day talk

    Nancy Silberkleit will discuss Archie, environmental outreach and how comics can change the world during a talk Wednesday hosted by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.
  • April 7, 2017

    Drawing of Cartoonist

    ‘New Yorker’ cartoonist R. Sikoryak to speak

    R. Sikoryak, a leading figure in comic art and illustration, is coming to RIT on April 12 to discuss his new work, Terms & Conditions—a graphic novel adaptation of the iTunes Terms and Conditions agreement.
  • March 24, 2017

    Poster for "Individualized Major Programs Conference 2017"

    RIT hosts Individualized Major Programs conference

    RIT’s School of Individualized Study, in partnership with Drexel University, Ithaca College and St. Bonaventure University, is hosting the ninth annual 2017 National Conference for Individualized Major Programs March 30-31.
  • March 2, 2017

    Portrait of Author/Historian

    Author/historian delves into ‘West Side Story’

    Julia Foulkes, professor of history at The New School in New York, will discuss her book, A Place for Us: West Side Story and New York, as the guest speaker of The Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on American Music Speaker Series hosted by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.
  • November 28, 2016

    Logo for "The Center for Youth"

    Donate personal care items to Center for Youth

    RIT students are collecting personal care items, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, soap, shavers, toilet paper and feminine hygiene products, to be donated to the Center for Youth shelter for teens. Donations are being collected on campus through Thursday.