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 25, 2024
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Loyal to RIT, Wilkie intent on leading Tigers to playoff redemption
Pickin' Splinters talks to biomedical sciences student Carter Wilkie about his hockey success.
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March 4, 2024
Annual RIT hackathon helps women, gender minorities enter the tech world
Spectrum News features students participating in the event.
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March 1, 2024
Students find success and connections by spending a semester in Los Angeles
Now in its second academic year, Study Away: LA offers third-year film and animation students immersive and hands-on experiences in the film industry.
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February 27, 2024
RIT students create innovative prototype for blood pressure cuffs
Knowing that many doctors question the accuracy of automatic blood pressure cuffs led Aidan Hughes to pitch his idea to make a more accurate prototype.