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The RIT Department of Philosophy will host the world’s largest meeting for continental philosophy later this month, drawing up to 600 people together from across the country and around the world for three days of thoughtful dialogue on some of today’s most complex ideas and issues.

RIT’s annual Big Shot is returning for its 36th event on Friday, Sept. 20. The Rochester community is invited to shine a light on RIT’s Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), the university’s newest facility housing makerspaces, performing arts areas, and high-tech classrooms.

She Owns It speaks to Janice Williams Oliver, owner of MisTeePRO, an RIT Venture Creations company, about becoming a successful female entrepreneur.

Alvarado-Fischer serves as the vice president, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and volunteers for numerous community organizations. As a result of her own intersecting identities, she has a strong passion for social justice with a special interest in women, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ issues.

WHAM-TV speaks with Sarah Burns, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, about Project 2025 following the Harris/Trump debate.

For the fall 2024 academic year, Gaborski has been appointed department head and will oversee a program that has expanded since it began to include more than 300 students in undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs.

RIT President David Munson delivered his annual Welcome and State of the University address Sept. 12, where he also highlighted a strong enrollment, research milestones, the initial stages of a new strategic plan, and achievements by students, faculty, and staff.

WHAM-TV speaks to Lt. Col. Mike Sim, RIT Army ROTC commander, and Andrew Lerma, RIT student and Air Force ROTC cadet, about the importance of the remembrance ceremony.

The Democrat and Chronicle highlights the remembrance ceremony hosted by RIT on Sept. 11.

Five students from RIT combined talents and designed a packaging campaign for garlic that will be among the finalists for the Paperboard Packaging Student Design Challenge.

Thanks to new technologies and training, the 43-member Public Safety department is now able to better manage the expansive campus and respond to the thousands of calls or safety checks they handle each year.

WHEC-TV speaks to RIT students about their thoughts surrounding the Harris/Trump debate.