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  • January 14, 2019

    head-and-shoulders view of recent graduate wearing gray T-shirt

    RIT hosts Let Freedom Ring event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    The RIT community will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with its second annual Let Freedom Ring event, featuring music, dance and excerpts from some of King’s most notable speeches. Performers include the RIT/NTID Dance Company, the RIT String Quartet and keynote speaker Greg Pollock ’12.

  • January 10, 2019

    Five women dressed in jeans, colorful clothing and tap shoes jump in the air.

    Performers announced for Expressions of King’s Legacy

    The program for RIT’s 37th annual Expressions of King’s Legacy event includes viral female tap dance band Syncopated Ladies and accomplished opera singer Kiersten Piper Brown. They will perform ahead of keynote speaker and CNN political commentator Tara Setmayer.

  • November 20, 2018

    Design manager by day, air guitarist by night

    Jason Farnan ’03 (graphic design) performs a rather unconventional instrument in front of thousands of people. Farnan, known on stage as Lt. Facemelter, is a decorated air guitarist.

  • November 13, 2018

    Members of the cast practice a group dance, their arms linked together as they move around in a circle.

    RIT presents ‘Cabaret’ Nov. 30–Dec. 2

    The unique blend of deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students performing on stage together will guarantee theater-goers a one-of-a-kind experience at the debut of the Tony-award winning classic Cabaret at RIT.

  • November 2, 2018

    RIT celebrates graduate student work

    More than 100 RIT master’s and Ph.D. students will highlight their latest research and innovations at the 11th annual Graduate Education Showcase. The event is the culmination of a weeklong celebration of its graduate students Nov. 12-16.

  • October 22, 2018

    Rochester city skyline.

    RIT celebrates past and future of ‘Brick City’

    The Rochester skyline was lit Tiger orange Saturday night as part of RIT’s annual Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. More than 15,800 members of the RIT community came out Oct. 19-21 for 125 homecoming events, including celebrating 50 years since the move from downtown Rochester to Henrietta.