Research News
Stories related to "research"
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February 26, 2022
Major James Webb Space Telescope project will map half a million early galaxies
Space.com features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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February 25, 2022
An interview and podcast with RIT Dubai President Yousef Al Assaf
RIT Dubai President Yousef Al Assaf recently sat down for an interview with Bob Finnerty, RIT’s associate vice president of communications, to discuss the new RIT Dubai campus and his vision for RIT Dubai.
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February 25, 2022
RIT astrophysicist awarded research leave to study gravitational waves as a Simons Fellow
Richard O’Shaughnessy, an associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, was awarded a prestigious fellowship to spend the next year preparing for an “onslaught” of gravitational wave discoveries. He is one of 10 faculty worldwide named 2022 Simons Fellows in Theoretical Physics and is the first RIT faculty member to receive the award.
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February 24, 2022
YouTube's Captions Insert Explicit Language in Kids' Videos
Wired interviews RIT assistant professor Ashique KhudaBukhsh about his research studying the AI algorithms that create auto-captions on YouTube and Amazon.
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February 23, 2022
RIT’s remote sensing experts help scientists keep an eye on the Earth
Scientists from RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science recently helped successfully bring the new Landsat 9 satellite online and are partnering with a startup on a bold new initiative to help scientists in government and the private sector monitor changes in the Earth’s surface temperature.
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February 21, 2022
Heart Health Month: Healthy-eating and exercise
Fox Rochester features Bill Brewer, senior lecturer and director of the exercise science program, about improving heart health with a healthy diet and exercise.
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February 21, 2022
RIT nutrition professor aims to reach 10,000 New Yorkers with ‘About Eating’ program
Barbara Lohse, head of RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition, hopes to reach 10,000 New Yorkers with free resources promoting healthy nutrition and lifestyle tools that have been tested and shown to be effective.
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February 20, 2022
Sustainability seminar discusses new research in wetland restoration
Campus Times interviews Professor Christy Tyler about how to rethink wetland ecosystem restoration.
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February 15, 2022
DeLorean Wants to Go Back to the Future as an Electric Sports Car
The Street talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about challenges with breaking into the electric vehicle industry.
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February 14, 2022
RIT scientists develop biophysical model to help better diagnose and treat osteoarthritis
Scientists from RIT and Cornell University have teamed up to explore cartilage tissue’s unique properties with the hopes of improving osteoarthritis diagnosis and treatment. The team published a new paper in Science Advances outlining their findings.
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February 11, 2022
RIT professor working to tackle antibiotic resistance
WHEC-TV talks to André Hudson, professor and head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about his antibiotics research.
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February 11, 2022
James Hammer donates $1 million to establish Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center at RIT
The Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center will consist of several laboratories focused on materials testing, distribution, digital processing, and workflow analysis for packaging and commercial printing.