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  • August 30, 2017

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    RIT hosts webinar on leadership skills

    The “Engineering Leadership Programs at RIT” webinar is for professionals looking to advance leadership skills within high-tech industries.

  • August 30, 2017

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    RIT hosts artificial intelligence seminar series

    The Move78 Artificial Intelligence Seminar series resumes Sept. 11 and runs successive Mondays through the fall semester. This year’s focus is on machine learning, neuromorphic computing, computer vision and other related topics.

  • August 30, 2017

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    Oscar winner Ang Lee to keynote conference

    Ang Lee, the two-time Oscar Award-winning director of Life of Pi and Brokeback Mountain, will be a major keynote presenter for the upcoming Light and Sound Interactive event, co-hosted by RIT.

  • August 25, 2017

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    New RIT president shares vision for the future

    President David Munson delivered his first welcome address to the RIT community today, praising the university as “truly unique in American higher education” and sharing his ideas and questions for the future.

  • August 24, 2017

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    RIT joins Ph.D. career pathways study

    RIT has joined the Understanding PhD Career Pathways for Program Improvement project, which will collect data from current Ph.D. students and alumni to help faculty and university leaders strengthen career services, professional development opportunities and mentoring in doctoral programs.

  • August 23, 2017

    President Munson giving speech to freshman

    New president welcomes, challenges new students

    President David Munson addressed the crowd gathered for convocation for new students. The entering class includes 2,800 first-year students, 560 transfer students and 1,000 students beginning graduate study.

  • August 22, 2017

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    Students pitch business ideas to investors

    The Saunders Summer Startup Program held its Investor Demo Night, in which the 11 teams that spent the summer working on their business ideas got the chance to pitch their ventures to potential investors.

  • August 21, 2017

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    RIT welcomes largest-ever class of Rochester City Scholars

    RIT will welcome the eighth class of Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars at a ceremony on Monday. Since the program was established in 2010, more than 150 students from the district have attended RIT and received full scholarships toward their degree programs.

  • August 21, 2017

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    RIT welcomes most diverse class of freshmen

    RIT this week welcomes its most diverse freshman class of about 2,800 students. That gives a total approximate enrollment approaching 19,000 students for the first time at RIT.