News

November 4, 2015

Student wins microbiology research fellowship

Lucas Dailey, a fourth-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major, has been awarded an American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
November 2, 2015

RIT secures $1 million for undergrad scientists

With help from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, RIT has established a $1 million endowed fund to support undergraduate research in the College of Science.
October 29, 2015

RIT appoints director of NanoPower Research Labs

Seth Hubbard, associate professor of physics and astronomy, has been named director of the university's NanoPower Research Laboratories.
October 29, 2015

New metal alloy may yield green cooling technology

A promising new metal alloy system could lead to commercially viable magnetic refrigerants and environmentally friendly cooling techniques, according to RIT research.
October 27, 2015

Successful first flight for RIT SPEX group

Sunday morning, the RIT Space Exploration group launched a high-altitude weather balloon that soared higher than 99,000 feet before bursting and landing somewhere in Maine.
October 14, 2015

RIT scientists featured in APS's nod to Einstein

RIT scientists' paper was included in the American Physical Society's "2015-General Relativity's Centennial" collection celebrating the theory of general relativity.
October 9, 2015

RIT contributes to gravitational wave detection

The scientific community is on the cusp of detecting gravitational waves, or “ripples in the fabric of the universe,” due in part to the work of RIT researchers.
October 6, 2015

RIT hosts first hockey analytics conference in WNY

The School of Mathematical Sciences is holding a conference on hockey analytics from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in Gosnell Hall.
September 22, 2015

Eileen Pollack talks STEM discipline gender bias

Novelist, essayist and short-story writer Eileen Pollack will discuss gender bias in STEM fields at 1 p.m. Sept. 25 in Ingle Auditorium. A book signing will follow.
September 22, 2015

$500,000 earned to study deaf/hearing interactions

An RIT/NTID research team has earned a $500,000 grant to study how hearing, hard of hearing and deaf STEM students communicate and understand common subject material.
September 10, 2015

RIT Observatory plans open house for lunar eclipse

The Rochester community is invited to observe the lunar eclipse at the RIT Observatory the night of Sept. 27.
September 8, 2015

Messinger to head Center for Imaging Science

Professor David Messinger has been named director of the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, following a national search.