News by Topic: Women

The competition asked students to step into the role of a Microsoft Cloud and AI Specialist for a day and work alongside professionals from Microsoft, Mastercard, EY, and GitHub. Out of more than 1,000 applications, the RIT team was selected as one of 17 finalists and won first place.

RIT alumni are building professions in fields that were unthinkable a generation ago. Meet eight alumni, from across the university, who are shaping new careers.

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.

Multidisciplinary student teams gained co-op and internship experience working on projects for Rochester-area organizations serving people with disabilities.

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.

Hema Madaka provides clients with suggestions to redesign supply chains, set goals with their suppliers, and helps clients build supplier engagement programs around renewable energy.

As an incident commander, Laura Faria helps lead investigations, coordinates response efforts, and works alongside forensic engineers to understand how attackers gained access and moved through a network.

Olivia Svrchek has followed a career path outside of traditional healthcare. She is reframing her profession in an era of unprecedented health technology, remote nursing opportunities, and personalized healthcare options for aging well.

Food scientist Lauren Tamburro is making sure cannabis gummies live up to their marketing tag line of being soft, bouncy, and delicious.

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.

For RIT alumna Liz Spry ’09, work-life balance comes with a chainsaw. The high school science teacher channels her love of science and creativity into a small business crafting intricate animal sculptures.

CBS News San Francisco reports that Fiona Ma ’88 (accounting) has been elected California lieutenant governor, defeating Republican Gloria Romero.