News by Topic: Community Outreach

Zach Sheikh, a fourth-year game design and development student, is battling a rare cancer for the third time in his young life. As a result of being all too familiar with illness and grief, Sheikh has wished for help creating a game jam to raise awareness for children experiencing loss and serious illnesses, and RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios is partnering with the Dear Jack Foundation to make this wish come true.

Fox Rochester interviews Jill Bradbury, department chair of NTID's Department for Performing Arts, about National Deaf History Month and the Big Read community project.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has extended through nearly all facets of society and everyday life since March 2020. In the summer of 2022, Anthony Jimenez, assistant professor in RIT’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology and trained medical sociologist, began to explore the specific impacts faced by regional healthcare practitioners. 

Spectrum News features the Deaf Day of Play, held at The Strong in partnership with NTID.

NTID is partnering with Rochester Museum & Science Center for Deaf Night on April 12 at RMSC. The event will provide an accessible and friendly experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the community.

RIT’s scholarship program that provides City of Rochester graduates full-tuition scholarships and academic support is expanding its eligibility. The Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars program will now be open to students participating in the Urban-Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program.

NTID and The Strong National Museum of Play have again partnered to celebrate the richness of Rochester’s Deaf community with a Deaf Day of Play at the museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.

Plastic pollutants, the coronavirus, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the strength of nanowires, and why freshly cut grass smells the way it does—these are some of the topics students from Rochester Prep High School explored during a mentorship program with RIT faculty. They shared their projects and new perspectives during the RIT-Rochester Prep Capstone Showcase held Feb. 6 at RIT.

WROC-TV features Rochester Prep Charter School's Senior Capstone Showcase at RIT.

RIT Certified, which provides a wide range of workforce development and professional training courses, certificates, and skill-based programs, has secured three grants totaling nearly $1.6 million.

Ice skating, downhill skiing, hot chocolate, movies, and more are planned for this year’s 13-day FreezeFest, taking place Tuesday through Feb. 12.

What started as a program to help RIT students get to know more about the community has also resulted in strengthened partnerships between the university and local organizations.