News by Topic: Women

Rochester has a proud history of breaking barriers and fighting for social change. Susan B. Anthony and Anna Murray Douglass were Rochesterians and our community continues to celebrate their social contributions. RIT upholds a tradition of social equity by supporting female students with a host of clubs and organizations, as well as community resources, that provide platforms for meaningful discussion centering on feminine social justice.

November 22, 2016

Professor wins grant to study the eye

Biophysicist Moumita Das is leading a National Science Foundation-funded study to explore properties critical to the function of the vitreous humor, or gel, that fills the eye, which could lead to advances in the treatment of vision disorders, drug delivery and eye surgery.
November 21, 2016

Tiger Talk: Anne R. Haake

Anne R. Haake became dean of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences on April 1.
November 17, 2016

Ethnomusicologist, social media expert to speak

College professor, social media researcher, songwriter, performer and author Kyra Gaunt will speak Nov. 28 as part of the School of Individualized Study’s Interdisciplinary Perspectives on American Music Speaker Series.
November 14, 2016

Student selected for Gandhi Institute fellowship

Janine Burge, who is studying psychology and urban studies in RIT’s School of Individualized Study and sociology and anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts, has been selected as a 2016-17 Gandhi Institute Service Fellow at the Rochester-based M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
November 1, 2016

Camela Douglass headlines fitness event

Dancing with DIVAS, hosted by RIT’s Determined Individuals Victoriously Achieving Success, features fitness guru Camela Douglass and Prince Diaby, founder and choreographer of Generation X Dance Group, on Thursday in the Gordon Field House.
October 31, 2016

Program highlights sustaining natural resources

The “Sustenance” presentation is part of the 20/20 Research in Focus series, one of several initiatives to highlight RIT’s commitment to faculty career development, including research being done by female faculty.
October 17, 2016

RIT creates nurse leadership development program

RIT and Rochester Regional Health inaugurated a year-long Nurse Leadership Development Program designed to elevate the leadership potential of selected candidates.
October 10, 2016

RIT celebrates Optical Society’s 100th anniversary

RIT will have a strong presence at the centennial anniversary meeting of the Optical Society, including a technical exhibit by the Future Photon Initiative, the RIT-led “Global Women of Light” symposium and several presentations by faculty, students and alumni.
October 7, 2016

Symposium highlights female scientists

The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society.
October 6, 2016

RIT gets grant for nanofabrication equipment

Assistant Professor Jing Zhang received a $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a new etching system for photonic, electronic and bio-device fabrication.
October 3, 2016

Women in Engineering hosts open house Nov. 5

Female engineering students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering will host an open house for prospective students with hands-on activities, demonstrations and experiments. It is free and open to girls in grades 5-9 and their parents and teachers.
October 3, 2016

ACM president to open GCCIS Dean’s Lecture Series

RIT Distinguished Professor Vicki Hanson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery—the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society—will discuss the latest in computing accessibility and human-computer interaction on Oct. 14.

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