News

October 22, 2013

RIT celebrates 75th anniversary of xerography

RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science will celebrate Chester Carlson and the invention of xerography with a screening of a documentary on Wednesday.
October 18, 2013

Program teaches first-year students how to learn

RIT is launching a National Science Foundation-funded program to improve the retention of deaf, hard-of-hearing and first-generation undergraduates majoring in STEM fields.
October 15, 2013

Grad wins top award from American Physical Society

Hao Shi, a 2013 graduate of the physics program, will receive the American Physical Society’s LeRoy Apker Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in physics.
October 10, 2013

Imaging science student studies vast universe

Kim Kolb, a graduate student in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, shared findings about an imaging system that could bring clearer vision to space missions.
October 4, 2013

Professors help Rwandan teens learn mapping skills

Brian Tomaszewski and Anthony Vodacek are helping 225 high school students in Rwanda map the natural resources in their communities using tablets and smart phones.
October 3, 2013

Imaging scientist to address Optical Society

Associate professor Jie Qiao will present “WiSTEE: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Entrepreneurship” at the Minorities and Women in OSA Networking Reception.
September 27, 2013

Student helps bring worldwide film festival to RIT

A Q&A with Kelsey Williford, a fourth-year biochemistry major and president of RIT’s rock climbing club.
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

College of Science announces leadership changes

Larry Buckley will lead the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences and Mihail Barbosu will lead the School of Mathematical Sciences.
September 25, 2013

Professor to discuss biomedical optics

Mary-Ann Mycek, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, speaks Oct. 10 as part of the College of Science Distinguished Speaker series.
September 24, 2013

Students on warpath against arthritis

RIT’s House of General Science is hosting War Pigs, a two-day event that combines the outdoor game Capture the Flag with Nerf Blasters, to benefit the Arthritis Foundation.
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.