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March 21, 2013
RIT professor catches a comet by its tail
Scientist Grover Swartzlander recently captured a photo of comet Pan-STARRS on its journey away from the sun. -
March 18, 2013
Students explore solar system at Harley School
Valerie Rapson and Billy Vazquez, doctoral students in RIT’s astrophysical sciences and technology program, presented to a class of kindergarteners and first graders. -
March 5, 2013
Biologist Tyrone B. Hayes speaks at RIT March 22
Biologist Tyrone B. Hayes will present the John Wiley Jones Distinguished Lecture sponsored annually by Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Science. -
February 15, 2013
RIT scientists comment on meteor explosion
RIT professors and students comment on meteor explosion over Russia’s Ural Mountains. -
February 6, 2013
RIT offers research opportunity to high schoolers
For seven weeks, students in the imaging science summer internship program work on research topics varying from space weather to ultrasound imaging. -
January 16, 2013
College of Science hosts speaker series Friday
Stefano Curtarolo, director of the Center for Materials Genomics at Duke University will discuss “Topological Insulators within the Materials Genome Initiative.” -
January 14, 2013
Center for Imaging Science honors scientists
The annual Imaging Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place Jan. 16. -
December 10, 2012
Professors help capture Hercules
Stefi Baum and Chris O’Dea are collaborating on a study of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A using optical and radio wavelengths. -
December 7, 2012
RIT Observatory to hold open house Dec. 13
The event, weather permitting, features Jupiter and its moons, as well as the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. -
December 4, 2012
RIT scientists decode bacterial strains
Andre Hudson and Michael Savka have published the whole genome sequence of bacteria associated with Jamaican sugarcane and Riesling grapevines. -
November 28, 2012
Professors research optics through innovative math
Kara Maki and David Ross aim to improve the design process of contact lenses with help from a portion of a multi-university, $3.8 million federal research grant. -
November 28, 2012
Mathematician to discuss complex fluids
University of Delaware’s Pamela Cook presents “Complex, Yet Everyday Fluids” Nov. 30 as part of the College of Science Distinguished Speaker Series.