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Also inside: Tour the new Senior design cybersecurity results in more complex than prototypes University Magazine Spring 2021 Rochester Rising RIT is helping make Rochester a next-generation technology hub FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to Rochester: A renaissance with RIT our regional economy and quality of life, where the sector is a source of new knowl- edge, technology transfer, workforce RIT University Magazine development, and service to the commu- Executive Editors nity. We have an impressive cluster of 19 Phil Castleberry, University Advancement public and private colleges throughout the Bob Finnerty ’07 MS, Marketing and Communications greater Rochester region. Collectively, we Vanessa J. Herman, Government and Community Relations enroll 83,000 students and award 19,000 John Trierweiler, Marketing and Communications degrees each year. We are one of the most Editor Gabrielle Plucknette-DeVito academically productive regions in the Mindy Mozer, Marketing and Communications country, ranking third in college degrees Art Director f Chester Carlson, George Eastman, per capita and No. 1 for degrees in STEM Jeff Arbegast ’93 MS, Marketing and Communications Kate Gleason, and Henry Lomb could fields, according to the U.S. Department of see Rochester today, these inventors Education. Photography Editor I Gabrielle Plucknette-DeVito ’07, and pioneers would want to invest in our Did the COVID-19 pandemic slow Roch- Marketing and Communications resurging region. ester down? Quite the opposite. Greater Assistant Editor More than 70 percent of our 136,000 Rochester Enterprise, the organization Scott Bureau ’11, ’16 MBA, alumni live away from greater Rochester. responsible for recruiting companies to Marketing and Communications Yet they often ask about the economic the area, had a banner year benefitting Contributing Editors health of the region.
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