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.

June 2, 2015

Students honored at Model UN conference

Two students won the Outstanding Position Paper Award and the team won an Honorable Mention Delegation Award at the National Model United Nations Collegiate Conference.
May 26, 2015

Professor revives Galapagos Islands expedition

Eighteen RIT students, faculty and staff left for the Galapagos Islands to study variations in the island ecology made famous by Charles Darwin.
May 22, 2015

Graduates urged to ‘answer Earth’s help wanted ad’

NASA Administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. addressed the more than 3,800 graduating students during Academic Convocation.
May 12, 2015

Alumnus publishes e-book with money-saving tips

Luka Boric ’07 (hospitality management) has published Hacking a Car Purchase: How I Bought a Brand New Car and Saved $5,000 on the Amazon Kindle Book Store.
May 11, 2015

Fulbright Scholar fulfills dream to study in U.S.

As a Tibetan refugee, Kunsang Dorjee is neither a citizen nor has a country to call his own. But he received a Fulbright Scholarship to attend RIT and earn his MBA.
May 11, 2015

Angel Male receives Gender Diversity Award

Angel Male, a network engineer II in RIT’s Network Communications Group, was honored by Internet2 for her work at RIT’s Henrietta and Croatian campuses.
May 11, 2015

Kosovo community looks to revitalize capital

CDC Rochester is working with the American University in Kosovo to host Community Design Prishtina, a three-day community design symposium.
May 1, 2015

Innovation and creativity for all at Imagine RIT

The eighth annual Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, with Dr. Destler’s Challenge kicking off the festival at 8:30 a.m.
April 29, 2015

RIT commits to educating engineering leaders

Harvey Palmer, dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, was among those who committed to educating engineers expressly equipped to tackle today’s pressing issues.
April 27, 2015

Three RIT students win Fulbright scholarships

The Office of the Provost is hosting A Celebration of Study and Work Abroad from 3 to 5 p.m. today to formally announce the three Fulbright winners.
April 20, 2015

Two honored with public service awards

Sarah Brownell will receive the Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award and Hrushikesh Sagar will receive the Bruce James Distinguished Public Service Award.
April 20, 2015

RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program.

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