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October 3, 2016
Celebrate ‘International Observe the Moon Night’
The RIT Observatory will host an open house on Saturday for International Observe the Moon Night. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public. -
September 28, 2016
RIT establishes Data and Predictive Analytics Center
The Data and Predictive Analytics Center in the College of Science will focus on collecting, transforming, modeling and visualizing data sets often referred to as “big data.” -
September 27, 2016
RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant
The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program. -
September 27, 2016
NSF-funded project aims to increase diversity in physics education
RIT is collaborating with the American Physical Society to transform physics graduate education with the goal of building a scientific workforce that reflects the nation’s shifting demographics and ensures U.S. technological leadership. -
September 27, 2016
Hundreds of employers seek students at annual fall Career Fair
Nearly 250 employing organizations and hundreds of recruiter representatives seeking RIT students and graduates are attending the Fall 2016 Career Fair Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gordon Field House. -
September 1, 2016
RIT wins grant to help develop new antibiotics
Andre Hudson has received a federal award for research that could help in the battle to develop new drugs to combat the rise in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. -
August 10, 2016
Students build star-tracking instrument for NASA
Undergraduates are making a “compass” for rockets using a new kind of detector technology. The instrument will fly on a NASA technology demonstration mission later this year. -
August 2, 2016
Center grows into leader in space-time research
RIT’s contributions to the first direct detection of gravitational waves signifies its growing reputation for world-class astrophysics research. -
July 20, 2016
Professor discusses dark matter research
Assistant professor Sukanya Chakrabarti presents “The Mystery of Dark Matter” on Aug. 5 at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif. -
July 18, 2016
Scientists attend general relativity conference
Papers related to the first detection of gravitational waves were presented by a team of RIT scientists at the International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. -
July 14, 2016
RIT awarded $1M for gravitational-wave astronomy
Carlos Lousto and Manuela Campanelli won separate grants from the National Science Foundation to further their research. -
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.