News by Topic: Women

WROC-TV speaks to Erin Finton, lecturer at NTID, about the Grammar Laboratory app she helped develop with Google to support deaf and hard-of-hearing students in learning English and ASL.

Reuters speaks to RIT alumni Katrina Willoughby and Paul Reichert about training Artemis II astronauts in photography techniques, highlighting how their instruction helped produce high-quality images during the lunar mission.

Students are building Navy-funded autonomous underwater systems, including a robot designed to inspect and clean ship hulls. The hands-on senior design projects teach robotics, sensing, and machine learning through real naval technology challenges.

The RIT Graduate Showcase allowed students to explain their research to their peers. 

The 747-seat, 50,000-square-foot building officially opened this morning. The center will provide a state-of-the-art venue for theater, musical theater, music, and dance for both RIT students and community groups.

Cybersecurity experts are studying what happens when autonomous AI systems collect, process, or share Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. The published research finds that many AI tools lack safeguards and don’t align with privacy policies.

Deborah Blizzard, who has taught in the College of Liberal Arts for 24 years, is a recipient of an Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. She is one of many faculty and staff members being recognized this year.

For many scholars of history, having conversations with their chosen figure of study is nothing but a dream. For assistant professor Ellen Tani, that dream became a reality.

Five renowned individuals with contributions to science, business, technology, and the arts will receive honorary degrees from RIT.

A new cohort of faculty researchers is representing how the university continues to grow its research ecosystem. RIT offers a robust suite of proposal-development workshops and seed-funding programs that help researchers generate preliminary results and strengthen future proposals.

While scientists know supermassive black holes collide, these events have remained invisible to telescopes. RIT researchers have now identified a specific spike in light that occurs at the moment of merger, providing the roadmap needed to finally observe these cosmic giants in action.

Juliet Fiss, an RIT imaging science alumna, uses algorithms and formulas to create artwork, including a piece at RIT’s Carlson Center.