News by Topic: Student Experience

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  • April 3, 2018

    Group picture of people juggling.

    RIT hosts annual Spring Juggle-In on Saturday

    One of the longest running juggling festivals in North America, the RIT Spring Juggle-In celebrates its 41st year from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 7 with more than 500 attendees expected on RIT campus.

  • April 3, 2018

    Crowd of people with a banner above saying "imagine RIT".

    2018 Imagine RIT set for April 28

    Kick off the beloved Rochester festival season in the best way imaginable. Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival returns on April 28.

  • March 30, 2018

    Oren Cohn poses for a photo in his RIT Ambulance uniform in front of one of the ambulance vehicles.

    Student earns national recognition for EMS service

    Oren Cohn, RIT Ambulance chief of operations, was honored as EMS Provider of the Year by the National Collegiate EMS Foundation. Cohn was recognized for his leadership role with the all-volunteer campus ambulance team.

  • March 29, 2018

    A selfie of Luis Reyes-Umana in an office at a hospital in Chile.

    Student Spotlight: Studying abroad in Chile

    Meet Luis Reyes-Umana, a fourth-year biomedical science major who traveled to Chile for the fall semester. From July to December, Reyes-Umana took classes and worked in local hospitals to get a taste of what international medicine is like.

  • March 26, 2018

    Headshot of Tom Wheeler.

    Commencement celebrations begin Friday

    Tom Wheeler, who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017, will be the keynote speaker at RIT’s 133rd annual commencement celebration on May 11.

  • March 19, 2018

    RIT pep band in matching RIT Jerseys pose for picture at hockey game.

    Pep band grows as school spirit swells

    When the RIT men’s hockey team played during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend last October, 140 people were in the pep band cheering the team on, marking the largest attendance the modern pep band has ever seen since forming in 2006 with fewer than 20 members.

  • March 19, 2018

    Two students dig through the snow to find mosses. One student looks up at the camera and smiles through her scarf.

    Study-abroad options adapt to better serve students

    Study abroad at RIT has been undergoing a quiet transformation in the past five years with the growth of short-term international programs, an increase in faculty-led opportunities and a stronger connection to RIT’s global campuses.

  • March 9, 2018

    Logo and Text saying "Abound degrees of opportunity".

    RIT honored for graduate programs

    Abound: Grad School, a college guidance system for people seeking master's degrees, placed RIT on its list of the nation's Top Professional Graduate Degree Programs for addressing the issues that matter to grad students.

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