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August 25, 2021
RIT's Peace Corps Prep program to open doors for deaf community
WHEC-TV talks to Maya Penn '18 (psychology), a graduate student studying secondary education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, about RIT's Peace Corps Prep program.
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August 24, 2021
Fall marks the return of in-person global education experiences for RIT students
Dozens of RIT students are once again crisscrossing the globe this year for in-person international education experiences. Thirteen students from RIT’s global campuses and 11 students from RIT’s international exchange partners came to study at RIT’s campus in Rochester this fall. Meanwhile, 16 students from RIT’s Rochester campus have headed off for study abroad experiences across the world.
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August 24, 2021
RIT, Gillibrand seek fed funds to make cybersecurity program inclusive
City Newspaper features U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's visit to NTID to advocate for more federal funding.
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August 23, 2021
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand advocates for significant funding increase for NTID in FY2022
NTID welcomed U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to campus Aug. 23 to announce her recommendation for $89.7 million in funding for the college in Fiscal Year 2022, an $8.2 million increase from Fiscal Year 2021.
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August 23, 2021
Gillibrand pushing for almost $90M in funding for NTID
WHEC-TV features U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's visit to NTID to advocate for more federal funding.
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August 23, 2021
Osher fall classes begin Sept. 13
Exploring the Galapagos Islands, road trips and recipes of Canada, Irish culture and literature, and tales from the crypts at Rochester’s Mt. Hope Cemetery are just some of the more than 40 classes offered this fall by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT.
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August 23, 2021
RIT receives Peace Corps Prep designation
RIT has received the “Peace Corps Prep” designation, enabling its students to take certain classes to better prepare them for service in the Peace Corps upon graduation. RIT is the first university in Western New York to receive the designation, and the fifth in the state.
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August 23, 2021
School of Film and Animation’s incoming director relishes new role
Shanti Thakur—who began her new role as director of RIT’s School of Film and Animation in the College of Art and Design earlier this month—is an award-winning fiction and documentary filmmaker who has taught for nearly two decades.
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August 23, 2021
Zero Blind Spots: A Conversation with Darren Byler on Chinese Surveillance Tactics
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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August 20, 2021
Wallace on Ice: Books, bleachers—but no Zamboni
It took a Herculean effort over the summer to move RIT Libraries’ holdings out of the shadow of the SHED construction and into the Frank Ritter Ice Arena. The library will stay in its temporary new home until completion of the Student Hall for Exploration and Development and the combined library renovation in 2023.
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August 20, 2021
Renovated dining area completed at Gracie’s
Gracie’s, RIT’s largest dining facility which has fed students for decades in Grace Watson Hall, reopened this month after a five-month renovation project in its seating area. It was the second and final phase of renovation; the kitchen and serving areas were renovated in 2019.
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August 20, 2021
Progress on track despite pandemic, Munson says
Students, faculty, and staff are starting a new year during a continuing global pandemic. But that’s not stopping the momentum of student success, research, fundraising, and building projects designed to make RIT even better. That was just part of the message RIT President David Munson told the university community this morning at his annual President’s Address.