News by Topic: Student Experience

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November 14, 2016

Student selected for Gandhi Institute fellowship

Janine Burge, who is studying psychology and urban studies in RIT’s School of Individualized Study and sociology and anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts, has been selected as a 2016-17 Gandhi Institute Service Fellow at the Rochester-based M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
November 10, 2016

Graduate student finds family in peers

Meet Sanjay Varma Rudraraju, a computer science graduate student from Visakhapatnam, India. He works in The Wallace Center and recently participated in The Giant Read, in which RIT students visited School No. 5 in the city of Rochester and read to first-graders.
November 7, 2016

RIT hosts annual Veterans Day Breakfast

The sixth annual celebration, set for Friday in the Gordon Field House, pays tribute to those who are serving or have served honorably in uniform.
November 4, 2016

Student designs dress out of paper

Meet Heather Williams, a third-year medical illustration major who designed and created an 18th century French court gown made out of paper for the CIAS Foundations Beaux Arts Ball.
November 1, 2016

Camela Douglass headlines fitness event

Dancing with DIVAS, hosted by RIT’s Determined Individuals Victoriously Achieving Success, features fitness guru Camela Douglass and Prince Diaby, founder and choreographer of Generation X Dance Group, on Thursday in the Gordon Field House.
November 1, 2016

Top stories and videos for October

News about RIT students participating in Fashion Week of Rochester was among the most popular last month. Check out all of October’s top stories and videos.
October 27, 2016

RIT switches from cable to streaming service

RIT has signed a contract with streaming service Philo, which allows students living in RIT housing with access to RIT’s network to have access to 64 channels as well as HBO, HBO Go and Cinemax through their RIT student login.
October 27, 2016

Student selected as Gandhi Institute fellow

Meet Janine Burge, a fourth-year student in the School of Individualized Study and 2016-17 Gandhi Institute Service Fellow for the Rochester area.
October 25, 2016

Cartoonist Ed Piskor visits RIT Nov. 2

The School of Individualized Study hosts independent comic artist Ed Piskor for its inaugural Comics Studies workshop and lecture.
October 20, 2016

Esports becomes RIT’s newest intramural sport

Starting this fall, teams of five began facing off in the battle arenas of the video game Heroes of the Storm. Nearly 50 students compete in weekly match-ups during the 10-week season, with the goal of making it to playoffs and the championship game.
October 19, 2016

Thought at Work coordinator talks about conference

Meet Zoë Gomer, a third-year industrial design major and one of the key organizers of Thought at Work, a student-run design conference held annually at RIT.
October 19, 2016

Global campuses unite in OneSpiRIT event Saturday

Students at RIT campuses around the world will unite in a celebration of their countries and cultures by competing in a game show via live teleconference, answering questions about the different campuses and pop culture.

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