RIT women in the news
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November 11, 2026
RIT research looks beyond surgery for back pain relief
Professor Karin Wuertz-Kozak is developing gene and cell therapies that may be the next step in tissue regeneration, a type of noninvasive treatment that could control the molecular mechanisms contributing to pain, mostly inflammation.
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November 10, 2026
RIT students build empathy through design
Multidisciplinary student teams gained co-op and internship experience working on projects for Rochester-area organizations serving people with disabilities.
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November 9, 2026
RIT students and their professor turn laser research vision into reality
RIT graduate and undergraduate students helped Associate Professor Jie Qiao turn a research vision more than a decade in the making into a breakthrough that could change how advanced optical components are made.
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November 5, 2026
RIT professor rethinks AI’s role in qualitative research
Assistant Professor Ha-Kyung Hidy Kong is exploring how artificial intelligence and data visualization can be used to help researchers analyze qualitative data by identifying patterns, reducing workload, and retaining control over their findings.
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October 27, 2026
RIT students, scientist work toward ear infection vaccine
A partnership between RIT and Rochester Regional Health is bringing students into the lab to help advance an ear infection vaccine and launch careers in science and medicine.
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October 27, 2026
Saunders Faculty and Staff Go Above and Beyond
Saunders College of Business recognizes the accomplishments of its outstanding employees.
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October 23, 2026
RIT research reveals why women stay silent in rude workplaces
Research from an RIT professor shows that rudeness in the workplace keeps good ideas from being shared, and that women are most likely to hold back because of it.
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October 21, 2026
RIT researchers find everyday vaping delivers more nicotine than expected
RIT researchers are studying real-world e-cigarette use to better understand nicotine exposure and inform future testing standards.
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October 16, 2026
RIT club connects students with growing geospatial field
Tigers of Geographic Information and Research is more than a geography club, although its members do love maps. Geographic information systems technology is used to analyze and visualize location-based data, with applications varying from urban planning and environmental management to crime analysis.
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October 15, 2026
RIT science professor wins award for excellence in teaching
RIT Professor Christina Goudreau Collison has received an award for excellence in teaching from a branch of the American Chemical Society.
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October 5, 2026
Partner or competitor?
The challenges of human-robot collaboration in hotel services.
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October 5, 2026
RIT receives NASA support for community-driven remote sensing experiments
NASA has awarded RIT’s Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory (DIRS) a three-year grant to lead a remote sensing field campaign and share the resulting data with researchers, educators, and the public.