News

January 30, 2015

Application for national photonics center advances

RIT is among the leaders of a consortium named as one of three finalists in the country competing for a multimillion-dollar federal investment in a regional photonics center.
December 1, 2014

New technology could reshape space telescopes

Scientists at RIT and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture made of swarms of particles released from a canister.
November 20, 2014

RIT honored for improvements to physics program

RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy has been recognized by the American Physical Society for transforming how physics is taught to undergraduate students.
November 7, 2014

Women in Science group welcomes speaker Nov. 11

Mathematician and blogger Rachel Levy will discuss science communication and share her experiences and expertise in several events on Nov. 11.
November 6, 2014

College of Science seeks to launch $1M endowment

The Fred L. Emerson Foundation has offered a $250,000 challenge grant contingent upon RIT raising the remaining $750,000. The fund would support undergraduate research.
October 21, 2014

College of Science takes diversity to heart

RIT’s College of Science was recognized for a third time for its efforts to build an inclusive and representative faculty reflecting the student body.
October 16, 2014

Grant aims to help deaf students learn statistics

RIT’s College of Science and National Technical Institute for the Deaf received a grant to develop online tools to help deaf students better understand statistics concepts.
October 10, 2014

RIT team working to alleviate grape disease

Professor Michael Savka and alumnus Han Ming Gan are close to completing the genetic blueprint of grape crown gall tumor disease, which impacts vineyards worldwide.
October 7, 2014

Science professor earns Changing Hearts award

Laura Tubbs was presented the 2014 Changing Hearts and Minds Award to recognize efforts made toward furthering RIT’s commitment to diversity.
September 25, 2014

RIT Observatory holds open house Oct. 3

Stargazers are invited to an open house at the RIT Observatory to view the first-quarter moon, the Andromeda Galaxy and the planets Uranus and Neptune.
September 24, 2014

RIT unveils the ‘Classroom as a Learning Tool’

Steelcase Education, a company focused on creating effective, inspiring learning spaces, renovated a classroom in Eastman Hall.
August 13, 2014

RIT to study environmental impact of nanomaterials

Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences are the recipients of a $300,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation.