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October 3, 2013

Sponsored Research garners $47 million in funding

RIT received more than 400 new awards in the fiscal year 2013 from a variety of state, federal, corporate and foundation sponsors — a record for the university.
September 26, 2013

RIT scientist explores the centers of galaxies

Astrophysicist David Merritt summarizes his theoretical research on galactic nuclei in his textbook Dynamics and Evolution of Galactic Nuclei.
September 25, 2013

Center for Urban Entrepreneurship awarded $1.5M

The federal government is investing $1.5 million toward construction and renovation costs for the facility that will house RIT’s new Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
September 16, 2013

Congressman Collins visits RIT’s Venture Creations

Collins talked about the TRANSFER Act of 2013, which will help universities, research institutes and laboratories transfer innovative ideas and research to startup companies.
September 9, 2013

RIT, URMC partner on cancer screening technology

RIT’s Navalgund Rao is working on photoacoustic imaging, a hybrid technique that combines light and ultrasound waves, to detect prostate and thyroid cancers.
August 5, 2013

Princeton Review names RIT among best colleges

RIT is again being recognized by The Princeton Review in The Best 378 Colleges as one of the nation’s best universities for undergraduate education.
August 1, 2013

Graduate students earn kudos at conference

Several RIT graduate students were honored with cash prizes at RIT’s 5th annual Graduate Student Research and Creativity Symposium on July 23.
July 30, 2013

RIT hosts 22nd Undergraduate Research Symposium

Nearly 160 presentations are planned for the symposium, to be held at the RIT Inn & Conference Center on Friday.
July 26, 2013

Professor named to journal editorial board

David Messinger was invited to join the editorial board for Optical Engineering, the journal of the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
July 26, 2013

RIT professor named visiting professor at URMC

María Helguera, professor in RIT’s Carlson Center for Imaging Science, was appointed to the Wedd Visiting Professor Chair at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
July 24, 2013

RIT to grow math workshops into national model

With a $120,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation, RIT will expand its Summer Mathematics Institute Teachers’ Workshop into a national model.
July 23, 2013

RIT partners with green biotech company

Sweetwater Energy, which makes a concentrated plant-sugar mixture for production of biofuels, biochemicals and bioplastics, seeks to develop a pipeline of RIT students.

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