News by Topic: Diversity
RIT is open to all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, ability, and culture, and actively supports the inclusion of all communities. Through accessible technologies and academic programs, research on social issues, and celebrations of individuals from all backgrounds, RIT hopes to be the model for a brighter future for all people.
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December 21, 2020
Live birds, management for introverts, and creating new foods among classes awaiting RIT students
There are several unique classes being offered in the spring across RIT's colleges. While some of the classes are for specific majors or require prerequisite classes, some of the courses are being offered as general education classes.
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December 17, 2020
The stardust of RIT’s ‘Spoon River Anthology’
WXXI talks to Luane Haggerty, curator and adapter-director of RIT/NTID's production of Spoon River Anthology.
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December 10, 2020
Expanded RIT Master Plan gives grads a solid next step
RIT has announced an extension to a tuition scholarship program for RIT graduates seeking to further advance their career opportunities while the job market recalibrates and the country responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
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December 9, 2020
Former South Carolina Representative Bakari Sellers to keynote RIT’s Expressions of King’s Legacy
New York Times bestselling author Bakari Sellers will deliver a talk titled “Education, Civil Rights and Equality: Cornerstones for Our Future” at the 39th Expressions of King’s Legacy. The virtual event is free and open to the public, taking place on Zoom from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28.
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December 4, 2020
Podcast: Accessibility in Higher Education
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 41: RIT is considered to be one of the most accessible college campuses in the world. NTID President Gerry Buckley and RIT Director of Disability Services Catherine Lewis chat about how that accessibility came to be, including the signing of the landmark 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act.
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December 4, 2020
RIT/NTID student Trinity McFadden has eyes on politics
Trinity McFadden, a criminal justice major, spent last summer and fall semester working as a campaign intern for newly elected Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper.
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December 4, 2020
Joshua Rashaad McFadden to deliver keynote address at RIT’s Let Freedom Ring celebration
RIT’s 2021 Let Freedom Ring event commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will feature a keynote address by a faculty member whose work photographing protests against racial injustice has gained national attention.
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December 3, 2020
Deaf Community Faces Further Barriers To Communication During COVID-19
The Transcontinental Times talks to Scott Gentzke, assistant director of RIT/NTID Student Life, about RIT's communication methods, testing, and use of see-through masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 2, 2020
A Message from Keith Jenkins: RIT Diversity Dashboard
The RIT Diversity Dashboard provides a snapshot of institutional demographics, highlighting RIT’s diverse populations and allowing us to examine recent trends related to race, ethnicity, and gender diversity.
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November 18, 2020
RIT to establish public interest technologies group to collaborate with tribal communities
Paul Shipman, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is the principal investigator and will use the $45,000 grant to build a career placement/pipeline model and build a working group at RIT of students and faculty who desire to work in PIT within tribal communities.
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November 16, 2020
International graduate students look forward to joining RIT campus community
RIT’s annual celebration of graduate research begins this week with an online platform that reflects the new normal during COVID-19. The virtual symposium also expands the content to an audience of international graduate students who started their programs from their home countries.
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November 13, 2020
Anna Murray Douglass art installation to be unveiled Friday
An art installation depicting Anna Murray Douglass, the first wife of famed social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, will be unveiled today at the site of where the couple lived at 297 Alexander St. in Rochester from 1848 to 1851. The piece was funded by RIT.