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  • March 24, 2017

    Poster for "Individualized Major Programs Conference 2017"

    RIT hosts Individualized Major Programs conference

    RIT’s School of Individualized Study, in partnership with Drexel University, Ithaca College and St. Bonaventure University, is hosting the ninth annual 2017 National Conference for Individualized Major Programs March 30-31.

  • March 23, 2017

    Logo for the "2017 Imagine RIT Festival"

    2017 Imagine RIT poster design announced

    Riley Yankowich, a third-year new media design student from Deerfield Beach, Fla., created the winning poster and will receive $500 in Tiger Bucks as her prize.

  • March 23, 2017

    Professor posing for camera

    Computing, data-sharing expert to speak April 11

    Ann Quiroz Gates, department chair and professor of computer science at the University of Texas at El Paso, will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking Signature Lecture.

  • March 22, 2017

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    Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo to perform at RIT

    Two acclaimed virtuosi—clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka—will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series, presented by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.

  • March 22, 2017

    Entrance to RIT's Interfaith Center

    Carillon set to ring across campus once again

    The sound of the RIT carillon bells will be heard throughout campus for the first time in nearly three years on Friday. The system, which broke in 2014, was repaired and will resume chiming at 3 p.m. Friday.

  • March 22, 2017

    RIT President posing on field

    FIRST Robotics honors President Bill Destler

    RIT President Bill Destler and Xerox Corp. Director of Community Relations Elissa Nesbitt were each presented with the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional Competition’s Volunteer of the Year Award. The award is given to individuals and companies that have made major commitments to FIRST Robotics.

  • March 22, 2017

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    Accreditation evaluation team to visit RIT

    RIT is getting ready for its 10-year checkup with an outside accreditation team. A nine-member evaluation team, consisting of faculty and administrators from peer institutions, is on campus through Wednesday.

  • March 21, 2017

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    Symposium tackles freedom of speech on campuses

    Restrictions to free speech on college campuses across the country have become more prevalent in recent weeks, and two experts on the topic are addressing the issue during RIT’s Center for Statesmanship, Law and Liberty’s fourth annual symposium April 4 and 5.

  • March 21, 2017

    Voter Friendly Campus logo.

    RIT designated ‘Voter Friendly Campus’

    RIT has been named a “Voter Friendly Campus” by the Campus Vote Project and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education for its ROAR the Vote effort to encourage students to register and vote in the 2016 general election and in coming years.