News Stories

March 27, 2017

Researchers publish paper on dark matter, Milky Way

Research conducted by scientists at RIT rules out a challenge to the accepted standard model of the universe and theory of how galaxies form by shedding new light on a problematic structure.
March 27, 2017

Researchers win grant to improve Landsat 8 data

Two RIT researchers have won funding from the U.S. Geological Survey to ensure accurate temperature data from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite. Climate researchers depend on public data from the Earth-sensing satellite to measure surface changes over time.
March 27, 2017

Machine learning guru to talk at RIT March 31

Robert Schapire, senior research scientist at Microsoft Research, will present “The Contextual Bandits Problem: A Fast, Simple and Optimal Algorithm” as part of the RIT Data Science Research Group Seminar Series.
March 27, 2017

RIT brings business lessons to elementary school

Saunders College of Business and Junior Achievement of Rochester are teaming up with the Rochester City School District for an all-day learning marathon to educate K-6 children in School No. 50 about business, economics and free enterprise.
March 24, 2017

RIT hosts 12th Creative Industry Day on March 30

Creative Industry Day offers career-related programming and the opportunity for students to meet professionals from the creative industry, obtain feedback on their portfolios, and make valuable connections that may benefit their careers.
March 24, 2017

Students provide 3D-printed arm to teen in Rwanda

Laura Alderfer and Ken Postel, both undergraduate students in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, traveled to Rwanda to deliver a 3D-printed prosthetic arm after spending the fall semester designing, printing and testing it for a 19-year-old boy in Rwanda.
March 24, 2017

RIT/NTID segment on WXXI program wins award

A segment on WXXI’s Arts InFocus featuring RIT’s Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at NTID has won a bronze Telly Award, which recognizes distinction in local, regional and cable TV programs and commercials, as well as video and film productions.
March 24, 2017

RIT hosts Individualized Major Programs conference

RIT’s School of Individualized Study, in partnership with Drexel University, Ithaca College and St. Bonaventure University, is hosting the ninth annual 2017 National Conference for Individualized Major Programs March 30-31.
March 23, 2017

2017 Imagine RIT poster design announced

Riley Yankowich, a third-year new media design student from Deerfield Beach, Fla., created the winning poster and will receive $500 in Tiger Bucks as her prize.
March 23, 2017

Computing, data-sharing expert to speak April 11

Ann Quiroz Gates, department chair and professor of computer science at the University of Texas at El Paso, will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking Signature Lecture.
March 23, 2017

RIT Observatory hosts open house March 31

An open house at the RIT Observatory this month will feature the crescent moon, the Pleiades star cluster, the Orion Nebula and Jupiter.
March 22, 2017

Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo to perform at RIT

Two acclaimed virtuosi—clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka—will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series, presented by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.