Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private doctoral university located in the town of Henrietta in Rochester, New York. It is one of the top 100 institutions of higher learning in the United States. It was established in 1891 as a merger between Rochester Athenæum, a literary society, and Mechanics Institute, a local institution that gave local residents private technical training. RIT is home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the largest and first technical college in the world for deaf or hard of hearing students. Today, the campus sits on 1,300 acres of land. Its motto is “The making of a living and the living of a life.” Notable alumni include software engineer John Resig, literary critic N. Katherine Hayles, American photojournalist William Snyder, Former Lieutenant Governor of New York Robert Duffy, American MMA fighter Matt Hamill and engineer Kate Gleason. Its colors are brown and orange, its mascot is RITchie the Tiger and its sports affiliations are NCAA Liberty League, AHC, CHA and MAISA. Varsity sports offered by RIT include men’s baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, hockey and lacrosse, and women’s basketball, crew, cross country, hockey, swimming and diving and cheerleading.
Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York. With a population of 208,046 residents, Rochester is the seat of Monroe County and the third most populous city in New York state, after New York City and Buffalo. The metropolitan area has a population of just over 1 million people. More from Wikipedia...
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