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  • March 19, 2018

    RIT pep band in matching RIT Jerseys pose for picture at hockey game.

    Pep band grows as school spirit swells

    When the RIT men’s hockey team played during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend last October, 140 people were in the pep band cheering the team on, marking the largest attendance the modern pep band has ever seen since forming in 2006 with fewer than 20 members.

  • March 19, 2018

    Two students dig through the snow to find mosses. One student looks up at the camera and smiles through her scarf.

    Study-abroad options adapt to better serve students

    Study abroad at RIT has been undergoing a quiet transformation in the past five years with the growth of short-term international programs, an increase in faculty-led opportunities and a stronger connection to RIT’s global campuses.

  • March 19, 2018

    man standing next to a sign that says, future home of the Joseph M. Lobozzo Alumni House.

    RIT’s first alumni house set to open this summer

    The Lobozzo Alumni House will feature a great room, porch, dining room, conference room, patio, library, catering kitchen and several administrative offices for Development and Alumni Relations staff members.

  • March 19, 2018

    Lady Bird Johnson shaking hands with Bill Ingraham.

    NTID celebrates 50 years

    Since its establishment in 1968, NTID has become a catalyst for diversity and inclusion on the RIT campus, creating a post–secondary learning environment never before seen in this country.

  • March 15, 2018

    Brandon Hudson standing behind his thermostat system.

    Student dedicated to changing energy landscape

    Fourth-year applied arts and sciences student Brandon Hudson is CEO of Connexus, a heating and cooling control and monitoring company that offers a suite of products designed to simplify the installation of any HVAC system.

  • March 13, 2018

    two students playing computer games.

    Video game design programs among top in the nation

    RIT’s game design and development program was ranked fifth at the undergraduate level and seventh at the graduate level, according to the latest international rankings from The Princeton Review.

  • March 9, 2018

    Logo and Text saying "Abound degrees of opportunity".

    RIT honored for graduate programs

    Abound: Grad School, a college guidance system for people seeking master's degrees, placed RIT on its list of the nation's Top Professional Graduate Degree Programs for addressing the issues that matter to grad students.