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November 28, 2022
Photo alumna named 2022 Guggenheim fellow
Rebecca Soderholm ’94 (photojournalism) is documenting the excitement of off-road dirt bike and ATV races through photography in a body of work titled “Hare Scramble.” Her vision for “Hare Scramble” earned Soderholm a spot as one of the 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows.
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November 14, 2022
Vote now for RIT’s tiger courier for 'Dota 2' game
RIT is vying to be the first university to develop and have a game character accepted into the wildly popular online game Dota 2. The character, or courier, in the form of a tiger, was developed in MAGIC Spell Studios by a team of former RIT students and a faculty adviser.
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November 11, 2022
RIT student Vincent Alban claims title of College Photographer of the Year
Three students and one alumnus from RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences took home 12 awards from the annual College Photographer of the Year competition—including the top placement of College Photographer of the Year.
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November 9, 2022
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts receives grant to enhance philosophy and communication offerings
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts plans to introduce new and revamped philosophy and communication curricula to help students across the university enhance their expressive and analytic communication skills. This was made possible by a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Teagle Foundation.
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November 7, 2022
Community gathers at National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for Big Shot 35
An early sunset didn’t deter the large crowd gathered at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and the surrounding neighborhood for the RIT Big Shot on Sunday. The community came together to shine a light on voting rights and equal rights as part of the annual photography project hosted by RIT.
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October 27, 2022
RIT students assist local community with EUREKA! workshop
Thirty-two students from a variety of majors used their design-thinking skills to solve hiring and retention challenges faced by local nonprofit CP Rochester.
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October 25, 2022
RIT ranked among top augmented and virtual reality colleges in the U.S.
Animation Career Review has named RIT one of the top augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) colleges in the country. RIT ranked No. 8 on the 2022 list of Top 50 AR/VR Colleges in the U.S.
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October 24, 2022
Telling the story of the Society for the Protection and Care of Children using virtual reality
The Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC) was founded in Rochester, N.Y., in 1875, and yet there are many people in the city who are not familiar with the organization. Capturing the positive impact the SPCC has on families, and sharing the many valuable resources the organization provides, was a challenge that members of RIT’s College of Art and Design accepted.
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October 20, 2022
Top 50 Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Colleges in the U.S. – 2022 Rankings
Animation Career Review ranks RIT No. 8 among the top 50 AR/VR colleges in the United States.
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October 5, 2022
'Graphic Design Week' offers students expansive view of the field
The graphic design program held a week of programming aimed at delivering new skills and career preparation advice and strategies.
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October 4, 2022
RIT welcomes prospective students for National Portfolio Day
RIT's College of Art and Design faculty, along with those at 25 other top art and design schools, reviewed students' portfolios as they prepared their artwork for the college admissions process.
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September 20, 2022
Graphic design faculty expands creative practice with furniture design MFA pursuit
Associate Professor Mitch Goldstein is an educator, graphic designer, and a writer with a forthcoming book. Furniture design can now also be added to the list of his many talents.