News by Topic: Student Experience
RIT continually works to improve and enhance the university experience for our students. Through student clubs and organizations, unique classes and programs, a comprehensive wellness program, and university-led initiatives, students have plenty of opportunities to express themselves, make lifelong connections, and do extraordinary things.
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July 11, 2024
RIT leads effort to prepare students for quantum workforce
Quantum technology is poised to shape the future and improve the world, with the United Nations recently declaring the year 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. A team at RIT is at the forefront of bringing more students into quantum education and preparing them for jobs in the industry.
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July 2, 2024
Student films to be showcased on WXXI-TV in effort to raise visibility for young creatives
Student filmmakers at RIT will have a new opportunity to strive for, thanks to a collaboration between RIT and WXXI. RIT Shorts, a new, biannual series that will showcase student-made films, is set to premiere this month on WXXI-TV, a PBS-member station.
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July 1, 2024
Divine Calloway: RIT documentary explores how we grieve after gun violence
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Jess Kszos '24 (photojournalism) about how her documentary "Ballin' for Stunna" explores the impact of gun violence on the Rochester community and the lasting effects it causes.
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June 26, 2024
Student completes project with international company through RIT’s global connections
Reagan Brenneman ’24 (applied mathematics) had the opportunity to combine her multiple areas of study into an international experience working for the company Saponia in Croatia.
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June 25, 2024
RIT researchers develop cybersecurity protocols for future smart transportation systems
RIT cybersecurity researchers are preparing connected vehicle networks for the next stage of cybersecurity—the post-quantum era. The team, in RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, is highlighting how current cryptographic methods are vulnerable to attacks enabled by emerging quantum computers.
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June 20, 2024
The winning formula: RIT Racing grinds to become champions
WHEC-TV talks to Hunter Trifaro and Owen Sherbinko '24 (mechanical engineering) about the recent success of the RIT Formula team.
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June 18, 2024
Amid War, Ukrainian Teenagers Travel to U.S. for Academic Competition
MSNBC talks to a Ukrainian scholar who traveled to RIT last week as part of the international Genius Olympiad competition about her life among the wartime activities in her home country.
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June 18, 2024
Comic Charlie Berens and Marvel Cinematic Universe actress Alaqua Cox scheduled for RIT’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend
A stand-up comedian who enjoys poking fun at his Midwestern background and a Marvel Cinematic Universe actress are the headliners expected at this year’s RIT Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend.
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June 17, 2024
RIT Formula Racing zooms to big win at SAE Michigan this past weekend
RIT Racing held a mere three-point lead at the top of the leaderboard for the Michigan SAE Formula electric competition June 14-16, but it was enough to give the team one of its biggest wins since it began racing more than 30 years ago.
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June 12, 2024
Ph.D. student is lead author on paper published on cover of 'Optica Quantum'
Microsystems engineering Ph.D. student Evan Manfreda-Schulz ’20 (physics) accomplished something many academic researchers aim for when his first paper was published on the cover of Optica Quantum.
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June 3, 2024
Summer construction projects underway
Summer construction projects are full speed ahead at RIT, including numerous improvements to greet students in August, such as new roofing, air conditioning, and refreshes in residence halls.
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May 28, 2024
RIT student video game wins big at GameFest 2024
A team of students won the Grand Prize at GameFest 2024 for developing Mushroom Kid’s Big Grass Sword. The platformer game follows Mica, a little mushroom on a journey to claim a powerful weapon and rescue its village after the residents are captured by a gigantic bird.