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.

December 8, 2015

Students team up with White House for Hour of Code

Four students in RIT’s Women in Computing group will join White House Chief Technology officer Megan Smith in a panel discussing the gender gap in computer science on Dec. 10.
November 24, 2015

Women’s Council commemorates 60th anniversary

The Women’s Council of RIT is celebrating its 60th anniversary by establishing an emergency fund to help students who are caught in unexpected financial challenges.
November 23, 2015

Research awardees recognized at ceremony

11 projects recently awarded Connect grants from AdvanceRIT, a program to support female faculty's professional development, were honored at a reception on Oct. 29.
November 17, 2015

Student awarded for novel cell culture membranes

Andrea Mazzocchi, a biomedical engineering major, was recognized for her work as part of a research team on a new biomedical membrane that could improve tissue engineering.
November 16, 2015

RIT commemorates Kate Gleason’s 150th birthday

An exhibit commemorating the 150th birthday of Kate Gleason opens at the Wallace Center on Thursday displaying photos, gears and other items from the engineering pioneer.
November 13, 2015

Professor shares black hole research Nov. 18

Manuela Campanelli has been invited to talk about simulating supermassive black hole mergers at SC 2015, the international supercomputing conference, on Nov. 18.
November 13, 2015

Christine Whitman named chair of Board of Trustees

Christine Whitman, chairman and CEO of Complemar Partners Inc. and RIT trustee since 1997, has been named the new chair of the Board. She is the first female to take the helm.
November 6, 2015

Ebony Miller named CUE interim director

Ebony Miller, former program manager of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, has been named the center’s interim director.
November 6, 2015

Italian director Giovanna Taviani comes to RIT

Giovanna Taviani will conduct master classes for students of Italian, anthropology and film at RIT Nov. 10 and 11. Her documentary, “Ritorni,” will be shown at 7 p.m. Nov. 11.
October 22, 2015

Women in Engineering, Computing open house Nov. 7

Women in Engineering and Women in Computing will house an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 7. Girls in 5th through 9th grades can come learn about STEM opportunities.
October 14, 2015

RIT scientists featured in APS's nod to Einstein

RIT scientists' paper was included in the American Physical Society's "2015-General Relativity's Centennial" collection celebrating the theory of general relativity.
October 12, 2015

RIT professor works to end domestic violence

An RIT professor is working to reduce the rates of domestic violence by influencing policies and procedures locally, nationally and internationally.

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