Former NASA astronaut, physician, educator Mae Jemison is RIT's Academic Convocation speaker

Published on March 17, 2026

She also joined the Peace Corps serving as medical officer, responsible for the health of all U.S. Peace Corps volunteers, staff members, and ...

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By Helen Petrozzola (Ukraine 98-00) and Sarah Fuhrmann Thorwith (Guatemala 07-09) Before service, many of us understood gender inequality as an idea—something studied in classrooms, debated in meetings, or addressed through advocacy from afar. We read the statistics, organized campaigns, and spoke about fairness and opportunity.... Read more

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On clear nights in rural Kenya, where Brother Guy Consolmagno once served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the mid-1980s, he would carry a small ...