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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January 13, 2022
Three RIT community members named finalists for the ATHENA International Young Professional Award
Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and its Women’s Council have named three RIT community members as finalists for the 2022 ATHENA International Young Professional Award, which recognizes emerging female leaders in the 30- to 45-year-old range who demonstrate excellence, creativity, and initiative in their business or profession and serve as a role model for young women.
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December 25, 2021
RIT scientists have a role in the James Webb Space Telescope research
WXXI features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, and the program she is leading to use the James Webb Space Telescope to study thousands of the earliest galaxies in the universe.
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December 24, 2021
Rochester researchers, engineers involved in launch of Webb telescope
WHAM-TV features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, and the program she is leading to use the James Webb Space Telescope to study thousands of the earliest galaxies in the universe.
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December 23, 2021
Adam Interviews RIT professor to explore galaxies through new telescope
WROC-TV features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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December 20, 2021
We Have One Shot to See the Universe Like Never Before
The Atlantic talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about the program she is leading to use the James Webb Space Telescope to study thousands of the earliest galaxies in the universe.
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December 13, 2021
Santosh Kurinec named to national computer chip initiative
Professor Santosh Kurinec will represent RIT on the American Semiconductor Academy—an extensive, national consortia being established to meet the challenges of computer chip shortages.
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December 10, 2021
RIT trailblazers make the Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Forbes has identified a few of the RIT alumni set to define the next decade—and beyond. Two RIT alumni—and a third just a few months shy of the age cut-off—were named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2022. Jackie Wiley ’16 (game design and development) was honored in the Games category, and Dylan Ayrey ’15 (computer engineering) was named in the Enterprise Technology category.
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December 10, 2021
RIT professor directs, produces episodes featuring John Lithgow, Angela Bassett for acclaimed series
Assistant professor Amy Adrion—whose work has screened at South by Southwest, Sundance, and Tribeca film festival—recently directed and produced videos for an online streaming series featuring actors reading children’s books brought to life through animation.
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December 8, 2021
The $11-billion Webb telescope aims to probe the early Universe
Nature interviews Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe about the James Webb Space Telescope program she is principal investigator of.
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December 3, 2021
Growing faculty diversity
RIT has modernized its approach to recruiting faculty members to improve representation. Assistant Professor Eli Borrego, pictured above, is an expert in the genetics and biochemistry of plant-microbe and plant-insect communication and ecology, and he was introduced to RIT through the Future Faculty Career Exploration Program.
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December 1, 2021
Alumna establishes RRH's College of Health Careers
Executive MBA alumna Deborah Stamps ’18 was named president of Rochester Regional Health’s (RRH) new College of Health Careers. Stamps led the charge to establish the college, which welcomed its first cohort of nursing students in March 2021.
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November 30, 2021
Packaging science student is first female Eagle Scout in Finger Lakes region
Rebecca Bober, a third-year packaging science major from Bloomfield, N.Y., recently earned Eagle Scout rank with Boy Scouts of America, becoming the first female Eagle Scout in the Finger Lakes region.