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October 11, 2018
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Student Spotlight: Start-up receives award
Meet Nathan DeMario, a mechanical engineering graduate student and chief technical officer of Phase Innovations. -
October 4, 2018
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Student Spotlight: Getting students excited for quidditch season
Meet Laurel Perweiler, a fifth-year computer science major and an active quidditch player for the RIT quidditch club. -
October 3, 2018
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Staff awards honor RIT employee service
The annual Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff honor employees who participate in outstanding service and dedication to RIT. -
October 1, 2018
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RIT students prepare for career fair
More than 265 employing organizations and nearly 950 recruiter representatives are looking for RIT talent at the career fair today. -
September 24, 2018
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RPO partners with RIT for ‘Final Fantasy’ performance
As part of a university initiative that encourages its students to experience the city’s rich artistic community, RIT will partner with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and The Strong to make gaming come alive through music and art. -
September 11, 2018
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RIT has its first on-campus voting site
This year for the first time, eligible students at RIT will be able to cast their vote in a general election without leaving campus. The Monroe County Board of Elections is establishing a polling station at RIT’s Gene Polisseni Center. -
September 7, 2018
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Student leaders work to grow graduate culture
Yashar Seyed Vahedein, an engineering Ph.D. candidate, established the Doctoral Student Association (DSA) as a social and professional connection for RIT’s doctoral and prospective Ph.D. students. -
September 5, 2018
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Mayim Bialik headlines RIT’s Brick City weekend
Actress Mayim Bialik, best known for her roles on Blossom and The Big Bang Theory, is the Student Government Distinguished Speaker at RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. -
August 30, 2018
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RIT drumline welcomes new members
Meet Tim Coon, a fourth-year software engineering major and member of the RIT drumline, Jazz Ensemble, RIT Pep Band and the newly created Game Symphony Orchestra. -
August 28, 2018
![Students form an assembly line making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. All of them are wearing matching RIT shirts and paper Wegmans hats.]()
50 Acts of Kindness spotlights yearlong ways to give back
As part of RIT’s 50th anniversary of its Henrietta campus, “50 Acts of Kindness” was born as a year-long initiative to spotlight the efforts RIT’s students, faculty, staff and alumni do to help the community. -
August 24, 2018
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President Munson outlines RIT’s 2025 Strategic Plan
RIT President David Munson said exciting changes are in the works in RIT’s revised 2025 Strategic Plan that will help the university get closer to becoming a top-50 university, yet unlike any other top-50 university in the nation. -
August 21, 2018
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RIT welcomes new students to campus
RIT this week welcomes its most academically qualified freshman class, with an average SAT score expected to exceed 1300 for the first time. With the new students, total RIT enrollment is expected to surpass 19,000, the highest in history.
