News by Topic: Women

Mammography screening for breast cancer is recommended for all women over 40 years old in the United States, which is roughly 25 percent of the population. But, when it comes to learning the procedure, there is a lack of simulation tools to help train practitioners.

Lucy Ray, a fourth-year medical illustration and psychology dual-degree student, spent her summer working as a contracted artist for Drissi Advertising, working on ads for movies like Predator: Badlands.

A remote networking session Associate Professor Brenda Abu attended for academics from African countries has led to a promising collaboration that extends her scholarship and the influence of RIT to communities in Ghana.

After arriving on campus for the first time just a few weeks before their audition, Angel Ash landed a major role in Macbeth, showing in the SHED’s Sklarsky Glass Box Theater.

Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is featured on KPFA's Green Street podcast talking about her work uncovering the sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water. 

Two RIT faculty members are building a comprehensive workforce development program in manufacturing for veterans and under-employed individuals to provide the needed skills-based training in electronics assembly.

The global scholars program brings students from RIT’s international campuses to study for up to two terms at the Rochester campus. The experience gives students a chance to diversify their cultural perspectives, expand their academic horizons, and build their professional networks.

RIT is celebrating entrepreneur and philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano’s legacy with a student-curated exhibit in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences atrium.

The Secret Lives of Books, a special topics elective offered by the museum studies program in the College of Liberal Arts, gives hands-on experience with paper, ink, pigments, and all the material components of a book.

WHAM-TV features photos from the inauguration of NTID President Caroline Solomon.

WHEC-TV highlights the inauguration of Caroline Solomon, NTID president.

Rethinking how to support students, leading and driving innovation, and investing in transformative teaching and impactful research are some of the focus areas of Caroline Solomon, who was installed as the first woman president of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf on Oct. 10.