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September 24, 2013
Students on warpath against arthritis
RIT’s House of General Science is hosting War Pigs, a two-day event that combines the outdoor game Capture the Flag with Nerf Blasters, to benefit the Arthritis Foundation. -
September 9, 2013
RIT, URMC partner on cancer screening technology
RIT’s Navalgund Rao is working on photoacoustic imaging, a hybrid technique that combines light and ultrasound waves, to detect prostate and thyroid cancers. -
September 6, 2013
RIT Observatory holds open house Sept. 13
The open house is free and open to the public—and weather dependent. -
August 30, 2013
NASA chief technologist visits RIT Sept. 3
NASA’s Chief Technologist Mason Peck will explain the interconnection between technological advancements and space exploration, and what it means back on Earth. -
July 29, 2013
Student wins Texas Instruments design contest
Physics major Adam Munich won $10,000 for his improvements to the Tesla coil, an alternating current electrical system. -
July 26, 2013
Professor named to journal editorial board
David Messinger was invited to join the editorial board for Optical Engineering, the journal of the International Society for Optics and Photonics. -
July 26, 2013
RIT professor named visiting professor at URMC
María Helguera, professor in RIT’s Carlson Center for Imaging Science, was appointed to the Wedd Visiting Professor Chair at the University of Rochester Medical Center. -
July 24, 2013
RIT to grow math workshops into national model
With a $120,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation, RIT will expand its Summer Mathematics Institute Teachers’ Workshop into a national model. -
July 23, 2013
RIT partners with green biotech company
Sweetwater Energy, which makes a concentrated plant-sugar mixture for production of biofuels, biochemicals and bioplastics, seeks to develop a pipeline of RIT students. -
July 23, 2013
Professor honored for work in color science field
Roy Berns received the Deane B. Judd Award from the International Colour Association for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of color science. -
July 22, 2013
New formula for math education
Math education at RIT has evolved from a department that primarily fulfilled requirements for other majors to a school that offers its students rigorous research experiences. -
July 11, 2013
Professor co-authors astrophysics book
Brian Koberlein, senior lecturer at RIT, and David Meisel, distinguished professor at SUNY Geneseo, wrote Astrophysics through Computation.