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AdvanceRIT’s mission is to enable all RIT faculty, particularly women, to contribute their full potential, increase their representation and retention, and advance their careers.
Advance RIT is open to all faculty, regardless of gender.
AdvanceRIT started as an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant from the National Science Foundation (Grant No. 1209115) and the office was institutionalized in 2019.
AdvanceRIT plays an instrumental role in:
- Connecting and engaging women faculty in the RIT community.
- Providing opportunities for professional and leadership development for women faculty.
- Supporting efforts for recruiting a diverse faculty critical for achieving excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service.
- Partnering with affiliated groups, departments, and colleges to support their efforts and bring positive change to RIT.
- Improving the quality of women faculty’s work life.
- Ensuring RIT is a place where all faculty are supported, valued, and respected.
$425.3K
in Connect Grants. Connect grants support faculty networking, research, professional development and community building efforts.
900+
More than 900 faculty, staff and students have participated in professional development workshops and events led by AdvanceRIT.
66.7%
of RIT’s deans are women (6 out of 9).
14
Number of years since RIT first received an NSF ADVANCE grant. In 2008, RIT received an NSF Advance Catalyst award. An Institutional Transformation award was received in 2012.
Advance RIT Newsletter
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RIT women faculty in the news
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October 1, 2024
![Group of 11 people in business attire standing on red stairs.]()
Future Faculty Career Exploration Program welcomes newest class of diverse scholars
The 21st cohort of RIT’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program was welcomed to campus Sept. 25-28. The program invites exceptional underrepresented researchers and artists to experience what it would be like to be a faculty member at RIT.
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September 19, 2024
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Chemical engineering faculty member receives NSF Early Career award
The two-year project will explore the effectiveness of using an alternative, one-step ethylene production route which reduces the formation of unwanted by-products such as carbon dioxide as opposed to the multi-step process currently being used.
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September 13, 2024
![Sady Alvarado-Fischer appears in a headshot on the right side of an image. To the left the outline of a rectangle in orange appears on a white background. Inside the rectangle appears her name and the words 2024 2025 Frederick H Minett Professor.]()
Sady Alvarado-Fischer named Minett Professor
Alvarado-Fischer serves as the vice president, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and volunteers for numerous community organizations. As a result of her own intersecting identities, she has a strong passion for social justice with a special interest in women, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ issues. -
September 12, 2024
![R I T President David Munson is shown in side profile from the chest up standing at a podium. Behind him, a screen is lit up with various shares of blue resembling a computer chip.]()
RIT President says it’s ‘an extraordinary time at RIT’
RIT President David Munson delivered his annual Welcome and State of the University address Sept. 12, where he also highlighted a strong enrollment, research milestones, the initial stages of a new strategic plan, and achievements by students, faculty, and staff.
David C. Munson Jr,
President
Keith Jenkins,
Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion