Research News

May 26, 2015

Pistol Star gets a stamp of approval

A set of British postal stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope includes a star detected by RIT Professor Don Figer nearly 20 years ago.
May 26, 2015

Professors win awards for video vignettes

College of Science professors Robert Teese, L. Kate Wright and Dina Newman were recognized in the National Science Foundation 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase.
May 15, 2015

Professors present ideas at TEDxFlourCity

Sustainability engineer Callie Babbitt will discuss the emergence of industrial ecology and astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti will talk about dark matter and dwarf galaxies.
May 15, 2015

RIT professor joins ‘Cyberheart’ team

Elizabeth Cherry, associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, is helping develop the “Cyberheart” platform for virtual, patient-specific human heart models.
April 20, 2015

RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program.
April 16, 2015

Andre Hudson awarded Erskine Fellowship

Biochemist Andre Hudson will give lectures and conduct research at University of Canterbury in New Zealand as part of the Erskine Fellowship.
April 9, 2015

RIT scientists study spinning black holes

Carlos Lousto and James Healy numerically simulated equal-mass black holes and studied the alignment and direction of spin as the black holes approached merger.
February 6, 2015

Lifting the veil on a dark galaxy

A cluster of stars, discovered by a team led by an RIT researcher, in the distant regions of the Milky Way may mark the location of a new dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxy.
February 2, 2015

Scientist works on artificial tissue development

Maria Helguera and colleagues from UR are looking to ultrasound technology to create blood vessels needed to nourish organs and tissues grown for reconstructive applications.
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 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.

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