News

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.
December 11, 2013

Imaging science student wins ‘best paper’

Graduate student Saugata Sinha won Best Student Paper at the 2013 IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop for his work on detecting thyroid cancer.
December 5, 2013

RIT Observatory holds open house Dec. 13

Stargazers are invited to an open house at the RIT Observatory to view the gibbous moon, Jupiter and the Orion Nebula on Dec. 13.
December 5, 2013

Former Undersecretary of Energy to speak Dec. 11

The Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science will honor notable scientists during its Imaging Hall of Fame induction ceremony, featuring keynote speaker Steven Koonin.
December 4, 2013

RIT hosted briefing in D.C. on defense workforce

Panelists discussed the need to build a deeper workforce to support the U.S.’s defense, intelligence and civil communities that depend on satellite imaging systems.
December 3, 2013

Science speaker blends biology and metaphor

College of Science Distinguished Speaker David Searls presents “Molecules, Languages, and Automata” on Thursday.
November 27, 2013

RIT hosts federal briefing on defense workforce

RIT is raising awareness about the need to build a deeper workforce to support the U.S.’s defense, intelligence and civil communities that depend on satellite imaging systems.
November 26, 2013

RIT professor explains Comet ISON

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein explains what might happen to Comet ISON as it enters the inner solar system and approaches the sun.