News by Topic: Student Experience

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  • May 2, 2017

    Drawing of satellite in space

    Top stories and videos for April

    News about an RIT scientist’s research with the NASA New Horizons spacecraft was the most read story last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos.
  • April 25, 2017

    Logo for "RIT Global: Just Go!"

    Students win international scholarships

    RIT students have won a variety of international scholarships and fellowships for the summer term and upcoming academic year. They will be recognized at the Global Learning Symposium on Thursday.
  • April 25, 2017

    Logo for "RIT Global"

    RIT hosts Global Learning Symposium on Thursday

    The third annual Global Learning Symposium will include exhibits from students showcasing their academic achievements while abroad and will recognize prestigious international fellowship and scholarship winners.
  • April 24, 2017

    Student speaking at podium

    Farid Barquet elected Student Government president

    Barquet, who is finishing his third year as a biomedical sciences and biotechnology double major, has been elected RIT’s Student Government president for the 2017-2018 academic year. His term begins June 1.
  • April 19, 2017

    group of student posing outside an art gallery.

    New program takes RIT students Into the ROC

    Into the ROC was created last fall to enable students to experience cultural and recreational activities in the Rochester area and allow them an opportunity to volunteer to make the community a better place.
  • April 17, 2017

    Picture of Awards for Mark of Excellence

    ‘Reporter’ wins multiple awards

    Reporter, the student-run magazine at RIT, has won several Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and awards from the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest given by the New York Press Association.
  • April 17, 2017

    CEO posing next to globe

    Archie Comics co-CEO to give Earth Day talk

    Nancy Silberkleit will discuss Archie, environmental outreach and how comics can change the world during a talk Wednesday hosted by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.
  • April 7, 2017

    Drawing of Cartoonist

    ‘New Yorker’ cartoonist R. Sikoryak to speak

    R. Sikoryak, a leading figure in comic art and illustration, is coming to RIT on April 12 to discuss his new work, Terms & Conditions—a graphic novel adaptation of the iTunes Terms and Conditions agreement.