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.

October 16, 2015

International students flock to RIT

Hundreds of international students gathered on the Kodak Quad to have a group photo taken Friday. RIT welcomed a record 2,635 international students to campus this fall.
October 7, 2015

Guests from Sweden’s Malmo University visit RIT

More than two dozen administrators and academic staff from Malmo University will visit campus from Thursday through Saturday to discuss common interests.
October 6, 2015

Students published on environmental magazine site

Close to 30 students in Joel Helfrich's "Introduction to Environmental Studies" class had essays published in Orion Magazine's "The Place Where You Live" series.
September 17, 2015

RIT to test emergency alert system Sept. 20

RIT will conduct a test of RIT Alert, the emergency notification system, at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20. This is only a test; no action is needed.
September 9, 2015

‘U.S. News’ ranks RIT among most innovative

RIT is among the “Most Innovative Schools” in a new survey of college leaders in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges.
September 3, 2015

McNair Scholar hopes to give back to homeland

Meet Enock Ntekereze, a third-year international global studies student who came to the U.S. as a refugee when he was 13.
August 27, 2015

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August 24, 2015

RIT expands partnership with Beijing university

Two new degree programs will begin this fall in a joint collaboration between RIT’s Saunders College of Business and BJTU’s School of Economics and Management.
August 18, 2015

New name for Center for Multidisciplinary Studies

The Center for Multidisciplinary Studies is now called the School of Individualized Study to better reflect the school’s mission.
August 4, 2015

Risk pays off for graduate’s travel business

Aiyana Mathews ’02 has always had a penchant for travel. Now, it’s her business. Mathews is the founder and CEO of Gardner-Mathews Travel Concierge.
August 3, 2015

Symposium showcases achievements in research

The 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 7 and features the work of more than 200 undergraduate researchers.
July 28, 2015

Gallery r features work inspired by China visit

The exhibit “Liquid Earth” features work by RIT associate professor Elizabeth Kronfield, who was invited to China to complete an artist residency.

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