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.

September 21, 2016

Future Faculty program welcomes 15 participants

RIT’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program will welcome 15 prospective faculty to campus for its annual program Sept. 28–Oct. 1 to explore teaching or post-doctoral opportunities at the university.
September 16, 2016

Professor to study K-12 computing education

Adrienne Decker, assistant professor of interactive games and media, received a $1.19 million grant to study the long-term effects of pre-college computing activities.
September 15, 2016

RIT again recognized for diversity efforts

RIT is receiving for the third time in as many years a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.
September 2, 2016

Colloquium series highlights women faculty

“20/20 Research in Focus,” a new research-focused information and networking series, opens this fall with its first program on Sept. 14.
September 2, 2016

SAAC president prepares for home opener

Meet Natalie Hurd, a fourth-year industrial engineering major, member of the women’s soccer team and president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
August 22, 2016

Professor recognized for nutrition education work

Barbara Lohse was awarded the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Research Award for outstanding achievement in the field of nutrition education.
August 8, 2016

Khazanchi named department chair in SCB

Shalini (Shal) Khazanchi has been named department chair of management, international business and entrepreneurship of Saunders College of Business.
August 3, 2016

‘Bra fairy’ helps support homeless women

When Dana Marlowe was a student at RIT, she studied women who took off their clothes in strip clubs. Today, she devotes her free time to helping women get dressed.
July 22, 2016

RIT VP elected chair of RDDC executive committee

Deborah Stendardi, vice president of government and community relations, has been elected chair of the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation for 2016-2017.
July 20, 2016

Professor discusses dark matter research

Assistant professor Sukanya Chakrabarti presents “The Mystery of Dark Matter” on Aug. 5 at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif.
July 14, 2016

RIT awarded $1M for gravitational-wave astronomy

Carlos Lousto and Manuela Campanelli won separate grants from the National Science Foundation to further their research.
June 28, 2016

Twyla Cummings named dean of Graduate Education

Twyla Cummings, who is senior associate dean for graduate studies and faculty research in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, assumes her new role Aug. 1.

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