News by Topic: Online Education

  • February 14, 2025

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    RIT community has free access to Bloomberg.com—Here’s how to register

    The complimentary access is a result of an interdisciplinary team of RIT students winning the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge last fall. The winning “Tigers Trading” team outlasted 2,453 teams from 396 universities in 46 countries in a 6+ week simulated investing challenge.

  • February 7, 2025

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    Online UX Design Degree Programs

    OnlineEngineeringPrograms.com interviewed Roshan Peiris, assistant professor in the School of Information, about the field of user experience (UX) design.

  • January 28, 2025

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    William H. Sanders named RIT’s 11th president

    The dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is praised for his research credentials, success in global partnerships and entrepreneurship, and strong student engagement. He starts at RIT July 1.

  • March 21, 2024

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    RIT announces start of summer semester registration, March 25

    RIT has announced that registration is open for its summer semester that will be offered in in-person and online formats. Undergraduate and graduate students can take advantage of a 12-week session and two six-week sessions, graduate students can also enroll in a targeted seven-week session.

  • September 27, 2023

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    RIT helps veterans and first responders transition into cybersecurity careers

    RIT will lead eight universities in developing certificate programs to build and validate focused skills in governance, risk, and compliance. The pilot program is backed by $2.5 million in funding from the National Security Agency — which will make the training free for transitioning veterans and first responders.

  • July 11, 2023

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    RIT Certified marks inaugural year of success in workforce and development training

    RIT Certified, the university’s professional training and workforce development division, is marking a year since the organization’s launch last summer. Dennis Di Lorenzo, executive director, provides an update on RIT Certified’s growing number of program offerings and where the future of workforce and professional education is headed.

  • June 13, 2023

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    RIT master’s students learn lessons from Swedish health system

    Graduate students in RIT’s health systems management program are learning this week about how the industry works in Sweden from health care administrators and practitioners. The eight-day study-abroad course, Health Systems Analysis and Innovation, gives students insights into a different health care model and the nuanced reasons it works well for the Swedish culture.

  • May 8, 2023

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    Graduates find their niche with RIT’s School of Individualized Study

    Thousands of RIT students are graduating this week with majors including engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, business, and fine arts. But more than 250 graduates are also receiving customized bachelor’s and master’s degrees from RIT’s School of Individualized Study, which allows students a flexible education pathway of their choosing.