News
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March 10, 2020
Getting in Gear: Research at RIT improves gear design, materials and manufacturing operations
Gears make the industrial world go ’round. And RIT engineering faculty and doctoral students are working to keep them moving efficiently.
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March 9, 2020
Shopping for Match Strikers
The New York Times features a match striker designed by Josh Owen, distinguished professor and director of the industrial design program.
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March 9, 2020
POSTPONED: Small Science, Big Impact: Engineering lab celebrates 30-year anniversary
RIT's Thermal Analysis and Microfluidics Lab is celebrating 30 years of contributing to the fields of fuel cells, microfluidic systems and infrared imaging.
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March 9, 2020
RIT professor explores the art and science of statistical machine learning
Statistical machine learning is at the core of modern-day advances in artificial intelligence, but RIT professor Ernest Fokoué argues that applying it correctly requires equal parts science and art. Fokoué emphasized the human element of statistical machine learning in his primer on the field that graced the cover of a recent edition of Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
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March 9, 2020
RIT professor designated as an American Astronomical Society Fellow
An RIT professor is being honored as one of the first American Astronomical Society Fellows. Joel Kastner, a professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy, is part of an initial group of more than 200 Legacy Fellows recently named by the society.
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March 6, 2020
Design. Build. Publish.
Students in RIT/NTID's mobile app development program earn a competitive advantage in the job market.
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March 5, 2020
Podcast: Living History at the Genesee Country Village & Museum
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 33: Community partnerships are one way RIT provides its students with experiential learning opportunities. James Winebrake, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Juilee Decker, associate professor of museum studies, talk about a unique partnership between the college and one of the Finger Lakes Region’s cultural gems, the Genesee Country Village & Museum.
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March 4, 2020
RIT to host workshop exploring the intersection of photonics and quantum technology
RIT will bring international pioneers in the advancement of photonics for quantum devices to campus this summer for a special workshop. The Photonics for Quantum Workshop 2 takes place June 23-25 at the RIT campus.
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March 4, 2020
CANCELLED: RIT hosts ASEE—St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference April 3-4
Registration is open for the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference. The event, taking place April 3 and 4 at RIT, will feature advances in the engineering field and trends in higher education.
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March 4, 2020
Michigan Players presents workshops about supporting students facing mental health issues
AdvanceRIT will host the Michigan Players for a workshop and interactive program about addressing the role faculty can play in influencing how mental health issues can be recognized and addressed.
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March 4, 2020
What’s Old Can Be New Again for Businesses
The New York Times talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and Michael Thurston, research faculty in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about remanufacturing and privacy concerns.
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March 4, 2020
Weekly Space Hangout: Did RIT Scientists Find A Baby Giant Planet?
Universe Today features Joel Kastner, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, and astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. students Annie Dickson-Vandervelde and Emily Wilson.