Research News
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May 7, 2014
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Student presents plastic research in D.C.
Chemistry student Laura Parisi presented her research on renewable resources for creating commercial-grade plastics at the Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C. -
April 4, 2014
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Students recognized for research in astrophysics
Kevin Cooke and Valerie Rapson, graduate students in the astrophysical sciences and technology program, were recognized with Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards. -
April 2, 2014
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Scientists, alumni honored for work on Landsat 8
Scientists and alumni from the Carlson Center for Imaging Science were recognized as members of the Landsat Calibration/Validation team for exceptional scientific achievement. -
March 20, 2014
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RIT scientists hunt for gravitational waves
Professors are looking for gravitational waves using a different method than the team that earlier this week announced it had found wave signals following the Big Bang. -
January 31, 2014
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Professor joins astronomy society
Stefi Baum was elected chair-elect in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Astronomy. -
January 27, 2014
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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. -
December 12, 2013
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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
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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. -
November 21, 2013
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RIT gets grant for extreme black hole research
RIT scientists are on the hunt for clues about the early universe—with support from the National Science Foundation—to someday verify Einstein’s theory of general relativity. -
November 20, 2013
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RIT hosts image processing workshop Friday
Scientists from around the region will share their image-processing research at the Western New York Image Processing Workshop in Louise M. Slaughter Hall on Nov. 22. -
November 8, 2013
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Biochemistry student wins fellowship
Tessa DiDonato was awarded an American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship. -
October 10, 2013
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Imaging science student studies vast universe
Kim Kolb, a graduate student in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, shared findings about an imaging system that could bring clearer vision to space missions.
