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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February 26, 2019
Mobile Tech Lab brings hands-on STEM education to Rochester high schools
In hopes of inspiring more area K-12 students to pursue careers in technology, RIT’s Women in Computing group is bringing technology workshops to Rochester city schools as part of the new RIT & AT&T Mobile Tech Lab.
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February 26, 2019
RIT hosts all-women hackathon March 2-3
RIT’s upcoming all-women hackathon will encourage young women to pursue computing careers, while helping participants form mentorship relationships, learn computing skills in a supportive environment and have fun.
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February 15, 2019
RIT instructor gives voice to Turkish author, activist
Sevinç Türkkan, an adjunct professor for RIT’s University Writing Program, is a finalist for a 2019 PEN America Literacy Award with her translation of The Stone Building and Other Places, by Asli Erdogan, a journalist and human rights activist from Turkey.
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February 14, 2019
Faculty appointed leader of the Cosmic Evolution Survey
Assistant Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe is assuming leadership of a team of more than 200 scientists worldwide collaborating to study how galaxies are influenced by both their fundamental physical properties and the environment that surrounds them.
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February 1, 2019
Student Spotlight: Women in Business to travel to Google
Sandy Wu, third-year management information systems student, and the other officers in Women in Business (WIB) club plan to travel to the Silicon Valley and San Francisco area to visit companies, including Google, from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24.
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January 31, 2019
Is the design of the modern office helping or hurting employees?
Can modern office spaces really determine whether employees thrive or fail? Yes they can, according to new research by RIT Professor Shal Khazanchi that examines how physical workspace design impacts interpersonal relationships, and employee success and productivity.
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January 22, 2019
Adam Interviews Special: Race in Rochester
WROC-TV features Tina Chapman DaCosta, Diversity Theatre Program director.
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January 18, 2019
Graduate student receives prestigious Microsoft fellowship
Danielle Gonzalez, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student at RIT, was one of only 10 outstanding doctoral students in North America selected to receive the 2019 Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship.
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January 10, 2019
Performers announced for Expressions of King’s Legacy
The program for RIT’s 37th annual Expressions of King’s Legacy event includes viral female tap dance band Syncopated Ladies and accomplished opera singer Kiersten Piper Brown. They will perform ahead of keynote speaker and CNN political commentator Tara Setmayer.
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January 3, 2019
Podcast: New Frontiers for Women in Astronomy
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 6: Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Brittany Vanderhoof, Ph.D. student in astrophysical sciences and technology, discuss their career paths, the opportunities and challenges for women in the sciences and their own efforts to be role models for future generations of scientists.
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January 2, 2019
Girls Who Code: Canandaigua coding club fosters STEM
The Daily Messenger features Alex Livings, a fourth-year computer science major.
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December 4, 2018
Students study anemia in Ghana
Students in RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition spent two weeks traversing Ghana as part of a global research experience to learn more about the toll of anemia on the West African nation’s women and children.