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  • August 17, 2018

    The students who participated in RIT Upward Bound Classic summer program hold up their certificates for completing the program.

    Program exposes teens to college experience

    RIT’s Upward Bound Classic program wrapped up its first year with a residential summer program that provided Rochester-area high schoolers a taste of college, including living on RIT’s campus, completing academic workshops, visiting other area colleges and speaking with community leaders.

  • August 16, 2018

    A group of WE@RIT students stand outside in their WE@RIT shirts, using their bodies to spell out "WE RIT." The photo is taken from above.

    Diversity initiatives in STEM honored by magazine

    Women in Engineering (WE@RIT) and Engineers of Color Creating Opportunities (ECCO), two cultural and gender diversity programs at RIT, were recognized as Inspiring Programs in STEM by INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.

  • August 14, 2018

    A google maps image of Rochester with a purple flag marking the location of the Douglass property purchase in April 1863.

    RIT team identifies Frederick Douglass land deed

    A research team from RIT has identified a land deed dating from the Civil War that shows abolitionist Frederick Douglass purchased property in what is now downtown Rochester. The deed is a revelation to scholars seeking to understand Douglass’s role as a businessman and landholder in Rochester.

  • August 9, 2018

    Ana Sorensen sits in a wheelchair and demonstrates how the LEV lift works for individuals to lift themselves up. She shows this to another woman who is engaged in the demonstration and reaches out to touch the assistive device.

    Students create assistive products for community

    The Studio 930 Design Consultancy program, a 10-week long multidisciplinary studio experience focused on the design and production of access and health technologies products, wrapped up with an exhibition Aug. 7.

  • August 9, 2018

    Old Fort Niagara tower with canons in foreground.

    Next Big Shot project lights up Old Fort Niagara

    RIT’s community photographic project travels to the Canadian border Sept. 29 to capture a dramatic nighttime image of Old Fort Niagara, the oldest continuously occupied military site in North America.

  • August 8, 2018

    artwork featuring multicolored rectangles arranged in a grid.

    ‘Cultivating Connections’ exhibit seeking artists

    NTID’s Dyer Arts Center is now accepting submissions for its exhibit “Cultivating Connections: Growing Communities in the Flower City,” which will showcase artwork that represents our local communities.

  • August 7, 2018

    A 3D printer at work, printing 10 blue, flat, circular objects.

    RIT students learn value of entrepreneurship

    Saunders Summer Startup Program encourages multidisciplinary student teams to jumpstart their ventures in hopes of kick starting real companies. It culminates with Investor Demo Night on Wednesday.

  • August 7, 2018

    The logo for The Princeton Review. Simple text reading The Princeton Review with a small yellow triangle in the bottom right corner.

    RIT named among the nation’s ‘Best 384 Colleges’

    RIT is considered one of the nation’s best universities for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education-services company features RIT in the just-published 2019 edition of its annual book, The Best 384 Colleges.