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Displaced from its usual location by construction, RIT now houses its temporary campus library in a vacant hockey arena since 2014. The arena now holds all the library’s journals and circulating books plus student seating, computers, and the circulation desk, however, special collections will remain at the old location during construction. The hockey arena campus […]

Irshad Altheimer, a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently spoke from a personal memory on the violence in Rochester and his message to help bring this to an end. In 1997, Altheimer experienced an event that had changed his life for the better and stated: “It was mistaken identity and some gang members drove […]

David Narváez, a doctoral student at RIT and his team of researchers have made mathematic history, solving a 90 year old math problem called Keller’s Conjecture. Narváez used his knowledge of information sciences, computing and symmetry-breaking to assist a group of computers solve the problem in 30 minutes. In addition, he brought techniques that made […]

The Urban League of Rochester would like your help and support with a new movement. Join thousands of individuals in the community to address systemic racism, equity, and power with Interrupt Racism. Interrupt Racism is a collective impact equity platform. What this means is that, rather than presume the Urban League can effectively move the […]

Among more than 10,000 national nominees, Clayton Turner received the 2020 Black Engineer of the Year award, presented to him in Washington, D.C. This award, representing achievement in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), honors Turner’s accomplishments at NASA. After he graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 1990, Turner started […]

The Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID) has a new program in place that will help train more people of color and help them with job placement. The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf reports that out of 10,000 people who are registered as sign language interpreters, 1,300 of them […]

We have to give a shout out to a RIT alum who was named black engineer of the year. Clayton Turner graduated from RIT back in 1990 he’s a NASA Director for the research center. Turner received the honor at BEYA STEM Global Competitive Conference earlier this month. The conference is to connect students, educators, […]

When: Saturday, April 30th at 6PM Where: the Allen Chapel at the RIT Interfaith Center – 40 Memorial Drive 14623 Admission is free and all are welcome. This year along with the RIT Gospel Ensemble Alumni coming back, they are partnering with Worship at his footstool ministries. Worship at his footstool offers a blend of Praise and […]

All events take place Thursday, January 28th 12:00 pm-2:00 pm, “EXPRESSION’S OF KING’S LEGACY KEYNOTE ADDRESS”-Gordon Field House Andrew Young (keynote address) brings a unique perspective formed by his wealth of experience in national and global leadership to his focus on the challenges of this era. He confronted segregation with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and […]

There was an article I thought was interesting and wanted to share about the shootings in the Rochester, NY area by 13WHAM. The Rochester Institute of Technology and the Rochester Police Department has been tracking all of the shootings for the past five years in the City of Rochester. RIT acquired a grant for $194,000 from […]