News by Topic: Women
Rochester has a proud history of breaking barriers and fighting for social change. Susan B. Anthony and Anna Murray Douglass were Rochesterians and our community continues to celebrate their social contributions. RIT upholds a tradition of social equity by supporting female students with a host of clubs and organizations, as well as community resources, that provide platforms for meaningful discussion centering on feminine social justice.
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December 24, 2023
An RIT professor offers new limbs and dignity to those in need
The Democrat and Chronicle features Jade Myers, research development specialist in the AMPrint Center.
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December 8, 2023
RIT leading STEM co-mentoring network
Betsy Dell, professor in the College of Engineering Technology, and Makini Beck, assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Individualized Study, are leading a National Science Foundation-funded project to support minoritized women students in STEM through a co-mentoring network.
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December 6, 2023
An auto engineer became a full-time potter in L.A. Thank her high school art teacher
The Los Angeles Times features Becki Chernoff '00 (mechanical engineering).
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December 4, 2023
RIT students explore RIT Archives for ‘Hands on History’ class
A history class dug into the RIT Archives to sample the cutting-edge domestic science curriculum taught in 1893 at the Mechanics Institute, a forerunner to RIT.
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December 1, 2023
RIT students building device to keep astronauts healthy in space
Students, faculty, and alumni at RIT are participating in NASA’s national Moon to Mars initiative to build a training device and monitoring tool to help make extended space travel healthier for astronauts.
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November 27, 2023
Your kids’ old toys are creating an e-waste disaster. Here’s how to stop it
Fast Company talks to Callie Babbitt, professor in the Department of Sustainability, about why electronic toys are thrown out instead of recycled.
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November 24, 2023
Alumna named president-elect of the Society of Women Engineers
Karen Roth ’06 (software engineering) recently became president-elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), one of the largest advocacy, educational, and professional groups for women in engineering.
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November 16, 2023
Diverse voices in gaming industry spotlighted at Strong museum
WHAM-TV mentions RIT partnership with Strong museum.
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November 15, 2023
Concerned about climate change? These local businesses are helping residents reduce their carbon footprint
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Callie Babbitt, professor in the Department of Sustainability, about eco-friendly living.
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November 10, 2023
RIT’s Carichino receives National Science Foundation LEAPS-MPS award
Lucia Carichino, assistant professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, has received a Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) award from the National Science Foundation for her research in computational modeling of the interaction between the eye and a contact lens.
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November 6, 2023
Registration now open for annual Let Freedom Ring
RIT’s seventh annual Let Freedom Ring event will feature alumna Krystle Ellis ’09, ’15 MS as its keynote speaker on Jan. 15. The event honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by hosting speakers who challenge the RIT community to think deeper, to broaden horizons, and to express individuality.
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October 30, 2023
Students deliver multispectral imaging system to The State Archives in Dubrovnik
The low-cost multispectral imaging system MISHA, or the Multispectral Imaging System for Historical Artifacts, was developed by RIT experts to uncover object details that aren’t visible to the naked eye.