Campus Spotlight

June 13, 2024

<p>RIT hosted the <a href="https://geniusolympiad.org/index.html">GENIUS Olympiad</a>, an international high school project competition focused on environmental issues, in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center on June 12. More than 1,000 high school students from 33 states and 64 countries presented projects to judges in several categories including science, writing, business, robotics, music, short film, coding, and art. More than 2,400 proposals were submitted for the 2024 competition, yielding 727 selected projects. In addition, international students who achieve certain levels at the competition may be eligible for annual scholarships if they attend RIT. The competition, which was founded in 2011, is organized by Terra Science and Education and RIT.</p>
students from another country stand and look at U S students standing with the United Stated flag.
a high level view of the booths at the Genius Olympiad.
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Photo by Carlos Ortiz/RIT

RIT hosted the GENIUS Olympiad, an international high school project competition focused on environmental issues, in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center on June 12. More than 1,000 high school students from 33 states and 64 countries presented projects to judges in several categories including science, writing, business, robotics, music, short film, coding, and art. More than 2,400 proposals were submitted for the 2024 competition, yielding 727 selected projects. In addition, international students who achieve certain levels at the competition may be eligible for annual scholarships if they attend RIT. The competition, which was founded in 2011, is organized by Terra Science and Education and RIT.

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