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May 26, 2015

Professors win awards for video vignettes

College of Science professors Robert Teese, L. Kate Wright and Dina Newman were recognized in the National Science Foundation 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase.
May 15, 2015

Professors present ideas at TEDxFlourCity

Sustainability engineer Callie Babbitt will discuss the emergence of industrial ecology and astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti will talk about dark matter and dwarf galaxies.
May 15, 2015

RIT professor joins ‘Cyberheart’ team

Elizabeth Cherry, associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, is helping develop the “Cyberheart” platform for virtual, patient-specific human heart models.
May 4, 2015

Researcher wins award to study irregular heartbeat

Behnaz Ghoraani and her research team are developing an algorithm to improve clinical intervention for atrial fibrillation.
April 23, 2015

RIT honors 386 researchers

RIT honored 386 researchers who secured funding for fiscal year 2014, serving as either principal or co-principal investigators on active research.
April 22, 2015

RIT researchers redefine clinical hypnosis

Dr. Laurence Sugarman and Anna Hope wrote an award-winning paper on understanding hypnosis as an effective therapeutic treatment in health care.
April 20, 2015

RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program.
April 16, 2015

Andre Hudson awarded Erskine Fellowship

Biochemist Andre Hudson will give lectures and conduct research at University of Canterbury in New Zealand as part of the Erskine Fellowship.
April 9, 2015

RIT scientists study spinning black holes

Carlos Lousto and James Healy numerically simulated equal-mass black holes and studied the alignment and direction of spin as the black holes approached merger.
March 6, 2015

RIT unveils Battery Prototyping Center

The new Battery Prototyping Center is a $1.5 million state-of-the-art facility that will conduct research and work with companies in this rapidly growing local industry.
March 6, 2015

Researchers release findings on energy storage

Adding energy storage to the U.S. electricity grid results in increases in greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from power plants, according to RIT professor Eric Hittinger.
March 5, 2015

Professor creates maps for refugee camp

Brian Tomaszewski traveled to Jordan to look at how geographic information systems and mapping could help in disaster situations at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp.

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