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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March 26, 2024
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Hundreds expected at RIT hockey watch party
The Gene Polisseni Center opens to fans this Thursday to watch the RIT men's hockey team take to the ice in the NCAA Hockey Tournament. The game will be broadcast on the two large screens inside the arena.
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March 25, 2024
![RIT men's hockey players celebrate after defeating American International in the Atlantic Hockey championship game.]()
RIT men's hockey wins Atlantic Hockey championship: See the photos
The Democrat and Chronicle features a photo story of the RIT men's hockey team's Atlantic Hockey championship game.
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March 25, 2024
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Tigers take down AIC 5-2 in Atlantic Hockey championship game
WROC-TV talks to Wayne Wilson, head coach for the RIT men's hockey team, and players about the team's championship win on Saturday. -
March 25, 2024
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Gonsalves, RIT power past AIC for berth in NCAA tournament
Pickin' Splinters writes about the season that led RIT men's hockey to an Atlantic Hockey championship win.
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March 25, 2024
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‘It’s so exciting’: RIT hockey fans see Tigers take conference championship
WHEC-TV features the RIT men's hockey team's Atlantic Hockey championship win and talks to fans.
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March 25, 2024
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One goal down, more remain as RIT readies for NCAA opener vs. BU
Pickin' Splinters speaks to Wayne Wilson, head coach for the RIT men's hockey team, about the championship win.
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March 25, 2024
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Atlantic Hockey champions 2024!
The Tigers captured the Atlantic Hockey Championship with a 5-2 victory over American International College in front of a standing-room-only crowd Saturday at the Gene Polisseni Center. The victory is RIT’s fourth Atlantic Hockey postseason title, with the others occurring in 2010, 2015, and 2016.
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March 25, 2024
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Famed tabla musician to perform and build bridges at RIT
Sandeep Das, a Grammy-winning musician and internationally known master of the Indian tabla, will work with students and give a concert at Rochester Institute of Technology during a four-day artist-in-residency. -
March 18, 2024
![Illustration of six different women. The text reads, Women for Women, the possibilities are numerous, once we decide to act and not react. Quote by Gloria Anzaldua]()
Women’s History Month poster contest entries showcased in the SHED
As part of RIT’s Women’s History Month celebrations, students from across the university submitted their poster designs to the annual Women’s History Month poster contest. The theme of each contest entry is crafted around a quote from Audre Lorde’s collection of essays, Sister Outsider.
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March 15, 2024
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From print broker to steward, RIT alumnus transforms farm into haven of sustainability and solitude
Solitude Farmz, a 125-acre retreat located just outside of Oxford, N.Y., in the southern Finger Lakes, features a number of secluded walking trails that could serve to symbolize the long and winding path taken by Taylor Zimmer ’85 (printing) to become the steward of the bucolic property.
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March 5, 2024
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Interview with Jack Kalina, Game Producer
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) talks to student Jack Kalina, game producer on Team Plutinite, about his journey into game development.
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March 4, 2024
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Loyal to RIT, Wilkie intent on leading Tigers to playoff redemption
Pickin' Splinters talks to biomedical sciences student Carter Wilkie about his hockey success.
