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  • January 25, 2018

    Man clearing a path with a rake at a nature preserve.

    RIT group helps recovery efforts in Puerto Rico

    While many of their fellow students relaxed with their families during the winter break, a group of seven honors students and four administrators or staff from RIT volunteered to spend a week in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, helping clear debris and distribute needed supplies.

  • January 25, 2018

    Photo History Photo Future black and white logo.

    PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture conference at RIT

    More than 70 scholars from the United States and nine other countries will showcase their latest research about the past, present and future of photography at the three-day conference in April.

  • January 25, 2018

    The industrial engineering graduate students stand together for a photo at the Raymond Corp. office.

    Students test site operations skills at Raymond Corp.

    Five graduate engineering students participated in an intensive, three-day work experience at the Raymond Corp. and were challenged to find ways to improve one of the company's manufacturing workflow processes.

  • January 24, 2018

    Yellow glittery flat shoes with bows on them.

    The Wonderful World of Oz comes to RIT/NTID

    The performing arts department at NTID presents The Wonderful World of Oz, April 19-22, with encore performances June 28-July 1 in celebration of NTID's 50th-anniversary reunion celebration.

  • January 24, 2018

    Ice carving display saying RIT with a tiger on top.

    RIT's FreezeFest celebrates the snow and cold

    A performance by Joywave, snowboarding and ski course, escape rooms, grocery bingo, basketball and hockey games are some of the more than 20 events and activities planned for the ninth annual FreezeFest, Feb. 1-4.

  • January 23, 2018

    William Davis Jr. standing behind an RIT podium

    RIT celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.

    Several hundred members of the RIT community gathered in Ingle Auditorium last Monday to celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. during the university's first Let Freedom Ring event. The celebration continues Thursday with RIT's Expressions of King's Legacy event.

  • January 22, 2018

    group of international students holding RIT Tigers banners.

    Student leaders from RIT's global campuses meet in Dubai

    Student leaders from RIT's campuses in Rochester, Croatia, Kosovo and the United Arab Emirates met in Dubai during the holiday break to discuss their strengths and challenges and how they can better work collaboratively.

  • January 21, 2018

    portrait of artist Wendell Castle.

    Renowned artist Wendell Castle dies at 85

    Wendell Castle, treasured Artist in Residence at RIT and widely recognized as the 'father of the art furniture movement,' died in his Scottsville, N.Y., home on Jan. 20. He was 85 years old.

  • January 18, 2018

    The photo is split into three vertical sections. The left section features a red, Japanese Torii, the middle is a close up photo of colorful, embroidered Spanish fabric stacked on top of each other, and the third is a photo of a Chinese guardian lion.

    RIT offers new bachelor's degree in modern language

    A new bachelor's degree in applied modern language and culture will be offered to students at RIT this fall that will provide advanced studies of languages and cultures that directly apply to the global workplace and economy.