This month’s edition of the RIT Ready Newsletter focuses on how to report emergencies and get help.
You can report any emergency (or suspicious activity) to RIT Public Safety. They are available 24 hours per day, 7
days per week, 365 days per year.
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585-475-3333 (v/tty)
585-205-8333 (text)
Ritpublicsafety (AIM)
TigerSafe App (click here for information)
Visit Public Safety’s web site to learn more about Public Safety and the services they provide.
Getting Help – You are not alone:
For situations or issues that are not an emergency, there are a number of other resources available to help you:
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Center for Women and Gender
Counseling Center
Student Behavior Consultation Team
Center for Residence Life - Resident Advisors
C.A.R.E.S. Call or text 585-295-3333 – 24 hour reporting helpline
Ombuds Office
If you need help for a situation that involves sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual
violence, dating violence or stalking, go to the RIT Title IX web site for campus resources that are available in
addition to the ones listed above.
New - Missing Student Contact Registry:
Residential students may elect to register a person other than who was registered as an emergency contact in the
Student Information System. To register a confidential contact person to be notified in the event that you are
determined to be missing log into myhousing.rit.edu using your DCE login.
Report any emergency by contacting RIT Public Safety at 585-475-3333 (v/tty), text to 585-205-8333 or
instant message to RITPUBLICSAFETY on AIM. You can also download the TigerSafe app from either
Google Play or the App Store.
Make sure your mobile phone number is in the RIT Alert system.
 Faculty and Staff – go to myinfo.rit.edu and add in the phone numbers emergency notification information
area
 Students – go to SIS and enter in the Cell/Mobile phone field of the Personal Information area