News by Topic: Diversity

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.

Spectrum News features Saunders College of Business's Women's Leadership Summit.

Historically underrepresented scholars and artists of color from across the U.S. are invited to apply for a long-running program at RIT designed to help them successfully navigate their career search process.

WROC-TV features a visit to RIT by Daniel Durant, former RIT /NTID Tiger known for starring in the Academy Award-winning film CODA.

While the pressure to publish starts early in an academic’s career, RIT doctoral student Israa Thiab has a strategy to get the work done without the anxiety. Thiab, a student in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, is working on her first journal article, using techniques she learned at a writing retreat sponsored by RIT’s Graduate School.

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.

Spectrum News talks to students Daijya Robinson and Bailey Chapman, members of the RIT Esports Club. 

The National Science Foundation is providing RIT new funding to continue a long-running mathematical sciences research program for undergraduate students from across the country. The NSF awarded RIT nearly $325,000 to continue to serve as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in extremal graph theories and dynamical systems for the next three summers.

Fourth-year student Anna Pasquantonio has always loved National Geographic and has fond memories of collecting animal trading cards from the National Geographic Kids magazine. Pasquantonio’s summer 2022 internship experience at the organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., helped turn a life-long interest into a possible career.

Nearly 1,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing students supported by RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf help create a welcoming, inclusive, and vibrant environment on campus.

People from across the university are helping RIT make substantial progress on the initiatives laid out in the Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity. Launched in July 2021, the plan unveiled an extensive series of initiatives designed to make RIT more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.