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June 29, 2016

Professors create method to identify black holes

RIT professors have developed a faster, more accurate way to assess gravitational wave signals and infer the astronomical sources that made them.
June 28, 2016

Twyla Cummings named dean of Graduate Education

Twyla Cummings, who is senior associate dean for graduate studies and faculty research in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, assumes her new role Aug. 1.
June 22, 2016

Professor predicts a universe full of black holes

A new study published in Nature and co-authored by RIT Assistant Professor Richard O’Shaughnessy presents one of the most complete models of matter in the universe.
June 15, 2016

Gravitational waves validate discovery

Gravitational waves from a second pair of colliding black holes has validated the landmark discovery from earlier this year.
June 13, 2016

Small stars pack big punch for developing planets

Young stars less massive than the sun can unleash a torrent of X-ray radiation that can significantly shorten the lifetime of planet-forming disks surrounding these stars.
June 8, 2016

Hanson to lead Association of Computing Machinery

Distinguished Professor Vicki Hanson was elected president of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.
June 7, 2016

RIT forms Center for Cybersecurity

Matthew Wright, a leading expert in internet security and privacy, will join RIT in August as director of the new Center for Cybersecurity.
June 2, 2016

Pengcheng Shi to lead GCCIS in research

Pengcheng Shi, director of the computing and information sciences Ph.D. program, has been named associate dean for Research and Scholarship of the B. Thomas Golisano College.
May 11, 2016

Study: How do deaf adults use online health info

An RIT researcher is investigating how deaf adults, proficient in American Sign Language, use the Internet for health-related information.
May 2, 2016

RIT joins Property Drone Consortium

The Property Drone Consortium, a collaboration of insurance carriers, construction industry leaders and supporting enterprises, promotes research on unmanned aircraft systems.
April 25, 2016

ESL Charitable Foundation donates to CUE

ESL Charitable Foundation has donated $25,000 to RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship for its Capacity Building Program for fledgling entrepreneurs.
April 22, 2016

RIT honors 387 researchers

RIT honored 387 researchers who secured funding for fiscal year 2015, serving as either principal or co-principal investigators on active research, at a reception April 21.

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