Research News

November 4, 2015

Student wins microbiology research fellowship

Lucas Dailey, a fourth-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major, has been awarded an American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
November 2, 2015

RIT secures $1 million for undergrad scientists

With help from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, RIT has established a $1 million endowed fund to support undergraduate research in the College of Science.
October 29, 2015

RIT appoints director of NanoPower Research Labs

Seth Hubbard, associate professor of physics and astronomy, has been named director of the university's NanoPower Research Laboratories.
October 29, 2015

New metal alloy may yield green cooling technology

A promising new metal alloy system could lead to commercially viable magnetic refrigerants and environmentally friendly cooling techniques, according to RIT research.
October 14, 2015

RIT scientists featured in APS's nod to Einstein

RIT scientists' paper was included in the American Physical Society's "2015-General Relativity's Centennial" collection celebrating the theory of general relativity.
October 9, 2015

RIT contributes to gravitational wave detection

The scientific community is on the cusp of detecting gravitational waves, or “ripples in the fabric of the universe,” due in part to the work of RIT researchers.
September 22, 2015

$500,000 earned to study deaf/hearing interactions

An RIT/NTID research team has earned a $500,000 grant to study how hearing, hard of hearing and deaf STEM students communicate and understand common subject material.
August 14, 2015

Project SEED cultivates young scientists

The American Chemical Society Project SEED Program is a 10-week summer research program for economically disadvantaged high school students.
August 6, 2015

Professor co-chairs international conference

Jie Qiao is the general co-chair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X in Beijing. The biennial event is expected to draw 200 scientists from 20 countries.
July 22, 2015

Professor explores extended galactic disks

Astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti is refining her technique to uncover dwarf galaxies and understand dark matter by simulating the evolutionary histories of galactic disks.
July 2, 2015

RIT and University of Tokyo form partnership

RIT signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tokyo to facilitate the exchange of students and faculty and to increase collaborative research activities.
June 22, 2015

Students win Geospatial Intelligence Hackathon

Briana Neuberger and Dan Simon developed a model for the transmission of Ebola in West Africa that could extend to other scenarios and geographies.

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