RIT women in the news

The club 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. 

RIT Professor Christina Goudreau Collison has received an award for excellence in teaching from a branch of the American Chemical Society.

Saunders College of Business recognizes the accomplishments of its outstanding employees.

The challenges of human-robot collaboration in hotel services. 

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.

The future of occupational therapy is on display in cutting-edge laboratories that support RIT’s new doctorate in occupational therapy.

Chemical engineering student Natalie Bedolla-Mortensen is playing a role in reengineering tiny particles that could one day become cell tissues of 3D-printed organs. Her research is part of Rochester Institute of Technology’s work in the growing field of soft matter development.

Small choices can have big consequences. That’s the idea at the heart of Peaceland: Choose Your Memory, a new video game being developed by students and faculty at RIT.

Visitors attending this year’s ESL Rochester Fringe Festival may not realize they’re also experiencing an unofficial celebration of Rochester Institute of Technology’s creativity. More than 30 performances feature RIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni showcasing the university’s artistic talent.

RIT is offering a new class based on the Emmy-award winning HBO Max Original drama series. The class is helping future healthcare professionals explore the ethical, emotional, and practical challenges they may one day face themselves.

Alternatives to plastics are being created by researchers at RIT using plant-based starch, a plentiful and highly sustainable material.

Good Housekeeping speaks with Chelsea Petree, director of Parent and Family Programs at RIT, about how parents can support students as they transition to college, including giving them independence, letting them work through challenges on their own, and maintaining a familiar space at home.