Office of Faculty Diversity and Recruitment News

Jennifer Schneider, a faculty-researcher at RIT and expert in hazardous materials and community resilience, recently joined two national organizations to investigate and guide improved standards for use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and technologies. 

The Washington Post talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, and Rebecca Larson, postdoctoral research associate in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

RIT Certified, the university’s professional training and workforce development division, is marking a year since the organization’s launch last summer. Dennis Di Lorenzo, executive director, provides an update on RIT Certified’s growing number of program offerings and where the future of workforce and professional education is headed.

Mashable mentions Rebecca Larson, postdoctoral research associate in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy.

The Penny Hoarder mentions research by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.

An RIT postdoctoral researcher and an associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, along with a team behind the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey, have used new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm the existence of the most distant active supermassive black hole ever found.

Essay by André O. Hudson, dean of the College of Science, published by The Conversation.

Essay by Anthony Jimenez, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, published by The Conversation.

According to scientists from across the globe—including those working on the project from RIT—this observing run by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration features upgraded instruments, new and even more accurate signal models, and more advanced data analysis methods.

In an attempt to limit the use of chemical pesticides and promote native species on their land, some gardeners have begun purchasing ladybugs as a form of “natural” pest control. However, Assistant Professor Kaitlin Stack Whitney says that buying ladybugs online, as opposed to attracting them naturally, can cause more harm than good.

Researchers from five colleges at RIT are testing a new way to deliver mental health therapy to people struggling with alcohol/drug addiction and aggressive behavior. RIT is running a randomized clinical trial with the Food and Drug Administration to test the therapy platform “RITchCBT” as a tool for treating people whose substance use disorders have led to intimate partner violence.

The Rochester Business Journal announces RIT among the winners of the 2023 Reader Rankings Awards. RIT was named a winner in the Best Graduate Program, Best Undergraduate Program, and Best Overall Company to Work For (1,000+) categories. Saunders College of Business was named a winner in the Best MBA Program category. (This content requires a subscription to view.)