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RIT Athletics and the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition partnered with Monroe High School in the Rochester City School District to bring student athletes to campus earlier this semester for hands-on learning about sports and nutrition.

Eight Beat Measure, RIT’s oldest a cappella group, is celebrating 35 years since being formed and is seeking former group members to join them for an anniversary celebratory concert, “Chill Beats,” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14, at the Theatre at Innovation Square.

Fox Rochester features a cappella group Eight Beat Measure ahead of its performance on April 14.

With her multiple decades of service toward local causes including hunger prevention, education, refugee resettlement, and church community development, Susan Fox has earned RIT’s annual award for a faculty or staff member who has shown outstanding commitment to community service. Fox will receive the 2023 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award at a ceremony on April 11.

WHAM-TV features the RIT Juggle-In, hosted by the RIT Juggling Club.

Aisha Faiq spent her spring break in New Orleans, but it wasn’t to rest and relax. Instead, the third-year global business management major was one of several RIT students who spent their spring break partnering with a community agency that determined what work needed to be done in their communities.

RIT honored the service and dedication of its employees with the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony March 22. The annual awards are presented to staff members who exemplify outstanding service and dedication to the university and who exhibit a high degree of personal ethics and integrity while consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to student success.

Odessa Despot, a staff psychologist with RIT’s Counseling and Psychological Services, is the recipient of the 2023 Edwina Award. The award is given to a faculty or staff member for significant contributions to enhance gender diversity and inclusiveness at RIT.

Inside Higher Ed talks to Glen Dornsife, peer education and academic coaching coordinator, and Chris O’Connor, career counselor, about academic success.

WXXI highlights Rochester Regional Health’s primary care sports medicine fellowship training program, and its affiliation with RIT Athletics.

Spectrum News talks to student Gavin Morrobel and Catherine Lewis, director of RIT’s Disability Services office, about RIT's Disability Leadership Scholars program.

Nearly 70 different RIT student teams and clubs are poised to move into the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED) this summer in preparation for the building’s official opening in the fall semester.