News Stories

  • February 14, 2019

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    Faculty appointed leader of the Cosmic Evolution Survey

    Assistant Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe is assuming leadership of a team of more than 200 scientists worldwide collaborating to study how galaxies are influenced by both their fundamental physical properties and the environment that surrounds them. 

  • February 14, 2019

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    Leaders in drone technology to converge at RIT

    Worldwide experts in unmanned aerial systems from industry, academia and government will land at Rochester Institute of Technology for the Systems and Technologies for the Remote Sensing Applications Through Unmanned Aerial Systems (STRATUS) conference Feb. 25-27. 

  • February 14, 2019

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    RIT offers training for communicator exam

    Professionals and students interested in being able to explain complex topics to any audience can now prepare to become certified professional technical communicators at Rochester Institute of Technology.

  • February 13, 2019

    Three student stand holding orange tags that read: "TAG Day: An RIT donor made this possible for you."

    Don’t forget to Thank A Giver today

    For the past six years, RIT has celebrated TAG Day to show appreciation for those who have given back to the university. In addition to hanging tags in different areas of the university that have been impacted by donor support, The Fund for RIT is hosting a TAG Day Fair until 2 p.m. today.

  • February 13, 2019

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    RIT faculty part of NASA’s $242M SPHEREx mission

    Assistant Professor Michael Zemcov is part of a small team of scientists contributing to NASA’s new mission to explore the origins of the universe by performing the first near-infrared all-sky spectral survey. 

  • February 13, 2019

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    RIT announces 2019-2020 theatrical season

    Mystery, murder, dance, a look at deaf life, and the struggle to survive Nazi Germany are all part of a new collaborative season by RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Performing Arts program and College of Liberal Arts Theater Arts program.

  • February 13, 2019

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    RIT Press publishes 'The Comics Scare Returns'

    From cultural pariah to pop-culture cool and multimedia phenomenon, horror comics have had a bumpy road to mainstream America but now wield an undeniable influence. Terrence Wandtke explores the genre in The Comics Scare Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Horror Comics, published by RIT Press.

  • February 12, 2019

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    Open Science Isn't Always Open to All Scientists 

    Guest essay co-authored by Kaitlin Stack Whitney, visiting assistant professor in the science, technology and society department and the environmental sciences program, published in American Scientist.