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  • June 27, 2023

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    RIT Certified offers professional training course for L3Harris technicians

    Twelve technical specialists from L3Harris are part of a high-tech workforce development pilot program at Rochester Institute of Technology learning how to build the “brains” inside electronic devices. This first cohort of students is part of the region’s broader economic development initiatives to expand industries such as advanced manufacturing.

  • June 21, 2023

    Prabu David, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

    RIT names Prabu David as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs

    RIT has named Prabu David as its new provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, which is the university’s top academic officer. David, who has served as vice provost for faculty and academic staff development, interim vice provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation, and dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, joins RIT on Aug. 1.

  • June 15, 2023

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    STEP scholar presents at Genius Olympiad

    Alexia Savage, a STEP scholar from Rush-Henrietta, has an academic resume that trumps many adults’. Just from this year’s Terra Fair, the 16-year-old high school junior walked away with seven awards, honors and other recognitions that also helped punch her ticket to present at Genius Olympiad -- an international science fair hosted by RIT.

  • June 13, 2023

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    RIT master’s students learn lessons from Swedish health system

    Graduate students in RIT’s health systems management program are learning this week about how the industry works in Sweden from health care administrators and practitioners. The eight-day study-abroad course, Health Systems Analysis and Innovation, gives students insights into a different health care model and the nuanced reasons it works well for the Swedish culture.

  • June 12, 2023

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    RIT and FDA test digital therapy/avatar to treat addiction, reduce intimate partner violence

    Researchers from five colleges at RIT are testing a new way to deliver mental health therapy to people struggling with alcohol/drug addiction and aggressive behavior. RIT is running a randomized clinical trial with the Food and Drug Administration to test the therapy platform “RITchCBT” as a tool for treating people whose substance use disorders have led to intimate partner violence.

  • June 9, 2023

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    RBJ announces Reader Rankings honorees 

    The Rochester Business Journal announces RIT among the winners of the 2023 Reader Rankings Awards. RIT was named a winner in the Best Graduate Program, Best Undergraduate Program, and Best Overall Company to Work For (1,000+) categories. Saunders College of Business was named a winner in the Best MBA Program category. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

  • June 8, 2023

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    STEP seniors attending college for various studies after high school graduation

    Seniors involved in STEP through Rochester Institute of Technology’s K-12 University Center who have committed to pursuing higher education. Colleges and universities scholars plan to attend are Alfred State, Finger Lakes Community College, Gannon University, Manhattan College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Monroe Community College, Niagara University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina Central University, Roberts Wesleyan, St. John Fisher, SUNY Cobleskill, University of Rochester and Wingate University.