News by Topic: Global Engagement
With international campuses located in China, Croatia, Dubai, and Kosovo, along with numerous study abroad, international research opportunities, and faculty-led excursions, RIT maintains a strong global network, giving students and faculty the chance expand their horizons across the world.
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December 12, 2018
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RIT Dubai students win grants for sustainability projects
Two groups of RIT Dubai mechanical engineering students earned grants to fund, accelerate and promote creative solutions that improve lives while preserving our planet. -
December 4, 2018
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Students study anemia in Ghana
Students in RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition spent two weeks traversing Ghana as part of a global research experience to learn more about the toll of anemia on the West African nation’s women and children. -
November 7, 2018
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Host international students for 2018 Thanksgiving
Staff and faculty are invited to welcome an international student to Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. -
October 31, 2018
![A group of students standing in front of a "Women Strong Market" sign. Most of the words on the sign are in Haitian.]()
Student teams work with women’s group in Haiti
Haiti became a classroom for more than a dozen RIT students when they worked with 19 women leaders from a nonprofit group in Haiti on projects that could become future businesses. -
October 24, 2018
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RIT’s Nasr releases U.N. report on circular economies
Rethinking how industrial products are manufactured and dealing with them at the end of their useful life could provide breakthrough environmental, social and economic benefits, according to new research from the International Resource Panel. -
October 9, 2018
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2018 Distinguished Alumni: Meet Rudi Winsberg
Meet Rudi Winsberg ’01 (applied arts and sciences), the School of Individualized Study 2018 Distinguished Alumna/us -
September 26, 2018
![Tana L. Utley stands behind a podium and speaks into a microphone during her keynote speech.]()
World Remanufacturing Conference at RIT brings together thought leaders
More than 150 thought leaders from around the world gathered in Rochester last week for the RIC-RIT World Remanufacturing Conference, receiving the latest briefings on emerging trends and issues of critical importance to the remanufacturing industry. -
September 26, 2018
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RIT signs commitment to global engagement
RIT is among the first signatories for the new Declaration on University Global Engagement launched by the United Nations Institute for Training Research and the Association of Public & Land-grant Universities. -
September 4, 2018
![A group of alumni pose for a photo holding two signs, one reading "#RITGDS #RITFORLIFE" and the other reading "RIT Global Day of Service."]()
Global Day of Service set for Saturday
RIT’s fourth annual Global Day of Service on Saturday, Sept. 8, allows alumni and families to come together and give back to their community through service projects. -
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 22, 2018
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New students urged to dream and change the world
Get involved, know your fellow students and professors, and take advantage of as many opportunities as you can was the main theme expressed during New Student Convocation at RIT today, as the university welcomed its most academically qualified first-year students. -
August 7, 2018
![Cianna Dresden Hall excitedly explains her research to onlookers, talking with her hands and smiling as she speaks.]()
Undergraduate student innovators unveil research at 27th annual symposium
More than 250 student projects, representing all nine colleges, were on display at the 27th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 3 at RIT.
