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More than 3,100 new RIT students got their official welcome Thursday, first parading past cheering faculty and staff in the annual Tiger Walk, then in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center for some friendly advice during this year’s Fall Convocation for New Students.

Students will work with real-world data and industry-level software, and will leave the course with the knowledge and experience that the government and private sectors are looking for when recruiting new hires. Students also earn two industry-recognized certifications: Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification and Chainalysis Reactor Certification.

WHAM-TV showcases move-in day for students at RIT in a photo gallery.

The university’s two newest Ph.D. programs in cognitive science and physics offer diverse research opportunities for students and help them gain the skills and abilities needed to analyze data and grasp complex concepts. The new programs bring RIT’s total doctoral programs to 15.

This is the seventh time that an RIT/NTID student team has won the national question-and-answer competition, which consists of topics including arts and literature, history and government, geography, science, technology and nature, sports and leisure, Deaf heritage and culture, entertainment, current events, and mathematics.

RIT is offering a global public health BS degree program and is accepting students for fall 2025. The new degree program will prepare students for public health careers, medical school, clinical health professional programs, law school, and many other graduate degrees.

The new students come from 47 states (all but Arkansas, North Dakota, and Wyoming), Washington, D.C., and 44 foreign countries. They are among the most well-rounded and academically prepared classes at RIT, with average high school GPA's of 93.8 percent, up from 93 percent last year.

WHEC-TV highlights RIT's incoming undergraduate students, which includes students ages 15-29 from 47 states and 44 different countries.

Students moving into RIT’s residence halls are being greeted by new improvements, ranging from carpeting, paint, chrome bathroom fixtures, convenient meeting spaces, and in some cases, even air conditioning.

At Saunders College of Business, students are always on to something amazing, even before graduating! If you are a student at Saunders College and have exciting news to share, email communications@saunders.rit.edu.

RIT’s School of Film and Animation (SOFA) has earned a spot on The Hollywood Reporter’s top film schools list. Ranking at number 25, this is the first time RIT has been included in The Hollywood Reporter’s rankings.

Michael Sim, an Army lieutenant colonel who was previously stationed in Ft. Drum in Watertown, N.Y., taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most recently in Italy for NATO, has been selected to lead RIT’s Army ROTC program.