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Rochester Institute of Technology is emerging into one of the world’s most innovative, agile, diverse and forward-thinking universities. At RIT, we forge greatness by being different.

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Rochester Institute of Technology is emerging into one of the world’s most innovative, agile, diverse and forward-thinking universities. At RIT, we forge greatness by being different.

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Keegan Evans named to prestigious Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program
RIT student Keegan Evans will take his place this summer among a group of young Air Force officers from around the globe who have been selected for the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program. The RIT Air Force ROTC cadet was selected from among hundreds of ROTC students for one of the U.S. Air Force's most elite flight training programs.
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Military Achievement - 2020 Dec 10
Congrats to RIT's 2019-2020 graduates!
Rochester Institute of Technology conferred more than 4,000 degrees at all of its campuses in the 2019-2020 academic year. A virtual celebration was held May 8 at rit.edu/classof2020.
Jonathan Cabrera
Lia Horyczun
Patrick Campbell
Priscilla Coats
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Graduation - 2020 Aug 17
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Top academic achievers honored as RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars
Since 1976, RIT has honored the top 1% of undergraduate students who are able to maintain a high standard of academic excellence while also giving back to their community through civic or volunteer work, conducting research, or being engaged in co-op or work in their field of study.
Allyssa Cio
Catherine Rafferty
Jessica Burt
Emily Gray
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Academic Award - 2020 Aug 17
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Students named to Dean's List for spring semester
Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.
Lia Horyczun
Emily Grace Amponin
Wyatt Tauber
Maria Melchiorre
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Honors List - 2020 Jun 24
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Pandemic inspires student to create interactive narrative game about isolation
In a new game created by RIT student Sean Arnold '20 (game design and development), players must navigate paranoia and loneliness in order to make it off an isolated ship alive. Sean was inspired by his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to create an interactive narrative game called The Peresmeshnik.
Sean Arnold
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2020 Jun 5
Ailene Lung receives NRS Scholarship
Ailene Lung has received RIT's Nathaniel Rochester Society Scholarship, a merit-based scholarship created in 1991 to recognize undergraduate students for their outstanding academic and leadership achievements. More than 100 scholarships are awarded each year by the NRS Scholarship Committee, and the scholarship is available to students who have achieved second-year standing at RIT with a GPA of 3.4 or higher.
Ailene Lung
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Scholarship - 2019 Oct 15
Summer abroad trip allows students to explore German video game industry
Seven Rochester Institute of Technology students began their summer break in Germany, immersing themselves in a new culture and the biggest video game market in Europe.
Joshua Rand
Michael Schek
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Study Abroad - 2019 Aug 14
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RIT student video game wins Best in Show at Boston Festival of Indie Games
The Gristmill, a digital card game created by RIT students, won Best in Show and Best Student Game at the Boston Festival of Indie Games, held Sept. 14. To win the top prize, the RIT game beat out more than 40 selected digital games, including indie projects created by professionals.
Trevor Walden
Ashwin Ganapathiraju
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Student Competition - 2019 Oct 1
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RIT esports team wins Grand Championship
RIT is silencing the doubters, winning its second Collegiate Starleague Dota 2 Grand Finals Championship April 28. The student team bested a bracket of North America's 32 top universities to take home the $10,000 grand prize.
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Sports - 2019 May 6
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Graduating students named 2019 Legacy Leaders
The Legacy Leadership program celebrates the leadership and contributions that graduating female-identified students have made to the RIT community during their time on campus.
Anna Capria
Samixchha Raut
Elisabeth Vosburgh
Asia Woodside
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Student Excellence - 2019 May 6
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RIT students spend Alternative Spring Break helping communities in need
More than 40 RIT students spent a week during Alternative Spring Break clearing hundreds of pounds of trash from beaches, painting school buildings and preventing erosion while providing a habitat for oysters.
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Community Service - 2019 Apr 29
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RIT helps students take an entrepreneurial gap year to make business ideas flourish
Brandon Hudson is the first student selected for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which allows students with an ongoing enterprise to take a year to focus their full attention on the venture. He will receive $15,000 in support and mentoring while also making progress on his RIT degree.
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Work Experience - 2018 Sep 13
RIT student's experimental game highlighted at 2019 Game Developers Conference
RIT student Shawn Liu is being recognized at the 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC) for creating an extraordinary video game that challenges players to finish a maze using Windows keyboard shortcuts.
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Business/professional - 2019 Mar 25
Student Government president encourages community involvement
Bobby Moakley, Rochester Institute of Technology's new Student Government president, thinks every student should feel welcomed at RIT, regardless of what their interests are, where they are from or their beliefs.
Robert Moakley
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Student Government - 2018 Jul 11
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Students enroll at RIT for the 2018-2019 school year
The following new students are planning to join RIT this fall.
Christopher Sierra
Skylar Long
Ryan Kavanagh
Joshua Tellier
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Enrollment - 2018 Jun 26
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Graduating biotech major found enriching experiences at RIT
Recent RIT College of Science grad Ashley Adair is a trailblazer in her family. This May, she was the first to earn a college degree. She is also one of the first RIT students to graduate from a program that equips STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) majors with skills for navigating college.
Ashley Adair
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Achievement (Other) - 2018 May 30
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RIT/NTID honor society inducts 26 new members
Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf inducted 26 new members into the Delta Xi chapter of the Epsilon Pi Tau honor society at a ceremony on May 1.
Kathryn Richer
Philip Pham
Israelle Johnson
Miko Arayata
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Honor Society - 2018 May 7
Division of Diversity and Inclusion celebrates outstanding RIT community members
Rochester Institute of Technology's Division of Diversity and Inclusion recognized some of the university's greatest proponents of diversity and inclusion with annual awards presented at the DDI Celebration of Excellence on April 25.
Miko Arayata
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Leadership - 2018 May 4
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