News by Topic: Student Experience

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November 19, 2015

RIT presence strong at Rochester Mini Maker Faire

RIT will display its innovative “maker” culture in the Rochester Mini Maker Faire this Saturday. More than 20 of the Faire’s 100+ exhibitors are affiliated with RIT.
November 17, 2015

Students lining up to become “Mr. RIT”

A dozen RIT students will compete for the title “Mr. RIT” on Friday. The annual contest held by Delta Phi Epsilon aims to raise $3,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
November 13, 2015

CRU leader brings Operation Christmas Child to RIT

Meet Kara Johnson, a third-year business management major, who planned CRU’s first packing party for the international nonprofit organizati0n Operation Christmas Child.
November 12, 2015

Author Elijah Wald to discuss Bob Dylan on Nov. 23

Elijah Wald, author of Dylan goes Electric: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties, will discuss his book at RIT on Nov. 23.
November 9, 2015

Students raise money for tiger preservation

The RIT branch of the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition has planned a week of events to raise funds and awareness for tiger preservation this week.
November 6, 2015

Student sends supplies to troops

Meet Angelena Russo, a fourth-year computer engineering technology student and 92A specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve 490th Quartermaster Co. in Rochester.
November 4, 2015

Evelyn Brister named first Fram Faculty Fellow

Evelyn Brister has been named the Fram Faculty Fellow in Applied Critical Thinking. She will assume her post immediately for the 2015-16 term.
October 30, 2015

Student interns with senator

Meet Chaitali Chanda, a fourth-year economics and criminal justice major who is interning with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's Rochester office.
October 27, 2015

Successful first flight for RIT SPEX group

Sunday morning, the RIT Space Exploration group launched a high-altitude weather balloon that soared higher than 99,000 feet before bursting and landing somewhere in Maine.
October 23, 2015

Two graduate students design new RIT buses

Meet Rootwa Sagar and Trina Ray, the visual communication design graduate students behind the design of the new orange buses driving around campus.
October 20, 2015

Robert Latorre headlines conference Oct. 23

Award-winning photographer Robert Latorre, inventor of ’The Big Freeze’ camera system, will headline the RIT Entrepreneurs Conference on Oct. 23.
October 19, 2015

Thousands enjoy Brick City Weekend events

Some 17,000 students, parents, alumni and families participated in RIT's three-day homecoming.

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