Luis Mora-Ballesteros, Ph.D., author of Ciudades y mundos posibles: Distopías y estados de control en la novela hispanoamericana contemporánea (De Gruyter, 2025) will discuss his recent work on the post-pandemic Hispanic-American novel. Join us for a presentation followed by an open Q&A.

Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) is a campus wide initiative that allows students to participate in long term, faculty led research and creative projects and receive academic credit for doing so.

Come join us for an evening of learning basic Latin dance steps: salsa and bachata. No experience needed, just come have fun.

Scarlett Aeckerle has been a pillar in advocacy social work in the Greater Rochester region for decades. She obtained a B.S. in Social Work from RIT, an MS in Social Work from Syracuse University, and a PhD in Higher Administration from the University of South Carolina. She began her college teaching career here at RIT, then moved to be an adjunct faculty member in Roberts Wesleyan College’s Social Work Department. She also taught at Keuka College for over a decade. Now, she works as the Director of the Rochester Community Hygiene Bank and as an Outpatient Social Worker at Rochester Regional Health. Her talk will be on “Hygiene Poverty: A Growing Public Health Concern.”

The RIT ASL and Deaf Studies Community Center will celebrate the 313th birthday of Abbé de I‘Épée during NTID’s ninth  DeafMute Banquet 5-8 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2025, in the Dyer Arts Center, LBJ Hall, on the RIT campus. I‘Épée, known as the “Father of the Deaf” in education, founded the first free school for deaf people in Paris, France.

The RIT ASL and Deaf Studies Community Center (RADSCC) hosts the ninth annual DeafMute Banquet on Friday, November 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Dyer Arts Center, LBJ Hall on the RIT campus.