News

April 4, 2014

Students recognized for research in astrophysics

Kevin Cooke and Valerie Rapson, graduate students in the astrophysical sciences and technology program, were recognized with Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards.
April 2, 2014

Scientists, alumni honored for work on Landsat 8

Scientists and alumni from the Carlson Center for Imaging Science were recognized as members of the Landsat Calibration/Validation team for exceptional scientific achievement.
March 24, 2014

Wanted: Imaging scientists

As baby boomers near retirement age, the national defense and intelligence communities stand to lose scientists and engineers with decades of experience in imaging systems.
March 20, 2014

RIT scientists hunt for gravitational waves

Professors are looking for gravitational waves using a different method than the team that earlier this week announced it had found wave signals following the Big Bang.
March 18, 2014

Speaker to address R&D challenges

Arden Dougan, a program manager in the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development, visits RIT on March 20.
March 11, 2014

RIT ranked among best graduate schools

Fine arts, engineering, physics and business programs earn top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.
February 7, 2014

Scientist takes novel look at the brain

The RIT College of Science Distinguished Speaker series continues with a scientist who applies network science to understanding the structure and function of the human brain.
January 31, 2014

Professor joins astronomy society

Stefi Baum was elected chair-elect in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Astronomy.
January 29, 2014

Environmental imaging expert joins RIT

Charles “Chip” Bachmann comes to the Carlson Center for Imaging Science with 23 years of experience as a civilian research scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory.
January 27, 2014

RIT professor named lecturer at Yale

David Merritt, professor in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, was named this year’s Boris Garfinkel Lecturer at Yale University.
January 14, 2014

Astronaut visits Center for Imaging Science

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit visited RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science to learn about imaging the sun from the International Space Station.
December 12, 2013

Professor speaks at astrophysics symposium

RIT was represented at a symposium celebrating 50 years of relativistic astrophysics and research exploring quasars, black holes, exploding stars and colliding galaxies.