News

August 28, 2015

First-gen student works on detecting cancer cells

Meet Christian Gordillo, a fourth-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major who will be the first in his family to graduate from high school and college.
August 14, 2015

Project SEED cultivates young scientists

The American Chemical Society Project SEED Program is a 10-week summer research program for economically disadvantaged high school students.
August 6, 2015

Professor co-chairs international conference

Jie Qiao is the general co-chair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X in Beijing. The biennial event is expected to draw 200 scientists from 20 countries.
August 5, 2015

Center for Detectors adds astrophysicist

Michael Zemcov will join RIT this fall from the California Institute of Technology, where he served as an affiliate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
August 5, 2015

RIT collaborates with Ithaca on teacher program

Qualified RIT undergraduate science students will be able to pursue graduate-level coursework in the Ithaca College teacher education program as part of a new agreement.
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.