News
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April 26, 2022
RIT prepares graduates for advanced degrees
Many RIT students' experiences as undergraduates have helped them get into top graduate degree programs.
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April 25, 2022
Gravitational waves gave a new black hole a high-speed ‘kick’
ScienceNews talks to Manuela Campanelli, professor and director of Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, about interpreting gravitational waves.
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April 23, 2022
Thousands enjoy attending Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival
After going virtual for 2021, thousands of people came to the RIT campus on Saturday for an in-person Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival, which featured more than 250 exhibits throughout the campus from more than 1,800 students and faculty.
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April 18, 2022
Don’t forget to ROAR on April 21
ROAR (Raise Our Annual Responses) Day is an annual day of giving that provides alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends the opportunity to come together to support the area of the university they care about most. This year marks the 16th ROAR Day at RIT.
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April 13, 2022
Bringing Supermassive Black Hole Mergers to Light
AAS NOVA reports on research conducted by Manuela Campanelli, professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences and director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation.
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April 12, 2022
Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival returns in-person April 23
After going virtual for 2021, the Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival is back in person and virtually, planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, on the RIT campus in Henrietta and online at the Imagine RIT website.
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April 12, 2022
Simulated SHED classroom previews new learning space
Walking into the extra-large classrooms in the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (the SHED) will be a new experience for students and faculty alike when the multi-use complex opens its doors in fall 2023. Faculty can preview the new learning environment during the 2022-2023 academic year by teaching in a large-capacity learning space designed to simulate the new active learning spaces in the SHED.
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April 11, 2022
Science and law class culminates in mock trial
The course Honors Science and the Law: Biological, Ethical and Legal Perspectives emphasizes how science permeates the profession of law and concludes with a mock trial, giving students the opportunity to use scientific evidence like cell phone triangulation, medical assessments, and crash reconstruction in the context of a real case.
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April 11, 2022
Five mind-blowing Hubble Space Telescope images from the past decade
The New York Post features a Hubble Space Telescope image created by an RIT team led by Joel Kastner, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
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April 6, 2022
Study: Cultural competence key in mentoring deaf and hard of hearing undergrads
ASBMBToday, a publication of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, features the RIT-RISE project.
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April 1, 2022
RIT celebrates outstanding staff with university’s Presidential Awards
RIT honored the service and dedication of its employees with the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony March 31. The annual awards are presented to staff members who exemplify outstanding service and dedication to the university and who exhibit a high degree of personal ethics and integrity while consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to student success.
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April 1, 2022
Professor Mary Lynn Reed elected to Institute for Defense Analyses Board of Trustees
Mary Lynn Reed, head of RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, was elected a member of the Institute for Defense Analyses Board of Trustees. IDA is a nonprofit corporation that operates three federally funded research and development centers in the public interest.