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July 22, 2015
Professor explores extended galactic disks
Astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti is refining her technique to uncover dwarf galaxies and understand dark matter by simulating the evolutionary histories of galactic disks. -
July 14, 2015
SMASH gives girls math skills, career ideas
Forty-three girls entering eighth grade will spend this week at RIT exploring mathematics as the language of science and solving problems through mathematical modeling. -
July 2, 2015
RIT and University of Tokyo form partnership
RIT signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tokyo to facilitate the exchange of students and faculty and to increase collaborative research activities. -
July 1, 2015
Professor wins Inspiring Women in STEM Award
Lea Vacca Michel was chosen as a recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity 2015 Inspiring Women in STEM Award. -
June 22, 2015
Students win Geospatial Intelligence Hackathon
Briana Neuberger and Dan Simon developed a model for the transmission of Ebola in West Africa that could extend to other scenarios and geographies. -
June 22, 2015
Turning up the volume on prostate cancer
Professor Hans Schmitthenner is designing molecular imaging compounds that will target prostate cancer cells and light them up with contrast dyes. -
June 18, 2015
Student’s interview makes Reddit front page
Kevin Sacca made social networking website Reddit’s front page on June 16 with his “Ask Me Anything,” or AMA, about multispectral imaging of historical documents. -
May 26, 2015
Pistol Star gets a stamp of approval
A set of British postal stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope includes a star detected by RIT Professor Don Figer nearly 20 years ago. -
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 26, 2015
Professor revives Galapagos Islands expedition
Eighteen RIT students, faculty and staff left for the Galapagos Islands to study variations in the island ecology made famous by Charles Darwin. -
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.