News

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.
May 6, 2015

Materials science program looks to the future

Experimental physicist Casey Miller, director of materials science and engineering, is tasked with reshaping the program to better meet student and industry needs.
May 4, 2015

Students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Four undergraduate students won awards from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program, one of the most prestigious undergraduate honors.
April 30, 2015

Dansville resident awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Elizabeth Bondi has been awarded a scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
April 29, 2015

Domino exhibit brings RIT tiger to life with math

The RIT Association of Student Mathematicians and Statisticians team depicted the large-scale logo in dominoes using an integer linear programming model.
April 27, 2015

Learn about the immune system at Imagine RIT

“The Adventure of the Immune System” exhibit is a game that casts the participants as doctors who must diagnose their way back to health and defeat evil pathogens.
April 27, 2015

Physicist to discuss science of cell phone cameras

Christopher Dainty, professor at University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, will present “Imaging Science and Cell-Phone Cameras” on May 6.
April 20, 2015

RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program.