News

April 16, 2015

Andre Hudson awarded Erskine Fellowship

Biochemist Andre Hudson will give lectures and conduct research at University of Canterbury in New Zealand as part of the Erskine Fellowship.
April 14, 2015

Climate scientist James Hansen visits April 21

Climate scientist and activist James Hansen will speak at 12:30 p.m. April 21 about the urgency of reversing the energy imbalance.
April 9, 2015

RIT scientists study spinning black holes

Carlos Lousto and James Healy numerically simulated equal-mass black holes and studied the alignment and direction of spin as the black holes approached merger.
April 9, 2015

RIT Observatory holds open house April 24

Venus, Jupiter, the moon and Saturn will be visible in the night sky during RIT Observatory’s spring open house.
April 1, 2015

NASA photographer shares space work April 13

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has spent 370 days in space and taken nearly a half-million photos to capture the awe of his journeys. He presents a lecture at RIT April 13.
March 26, 2015

Ornithology expert to speak at RIT April 2

Ornithology expert Jed Burtt reveals and explores the true founder of American ornithology, Alexander Wilson, at a talk at 7 p.m. April 2 in Golisano Hall auditorium.
March 13, 2015

RIT researcher sheds light on 500-year-old map

Roger Easton of the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science processed images of the 1400s map, and a historian of cartography will speak about the findings Wednesday.
March 9, 2015

Physicist earns distinguished NSF CAREER award

Mishkat Bhattacharya received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award to examine better optical sensing of mechanical rotation devices.
February 27, 2015

Learn about time, Einstein and super-cold science

Nobel Laureate physicist and 2014 RIT commencement speaker William Phillips will present “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” on March 5.
February 27, 2015

Color scientists explain the dress that went viral

RIT color scientists know why the color of the dress that went viral has some people seeing blue/black and others seeing white/gold.
February 6, 2015

Lifting the veil on a dark galaxy

A cluster of stars, discovered by a team led by an RIT researcher, in the distant regions of the Milky Way may mark the location of a new dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxy.
February 2, 2015

Scientist works on artificial tissue development

Maria Helguera and colleagues from UR are looking to ultrasound technology to create blood vessels needed to nourish organs and tissues grown for reconstructive applications.