News by Topic: Research
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August 24, 2018
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RIT garners record $78 million in research funding
RIT’s sponsored research portfolio grew in fiscal year 2018, reaching a record $78 million in funding. RIT received 340 new awards and had a record 333 principal investigators associated with active research awards. -
August 24, 2018
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President Munson outlines RIT’s 2025 Strategic Plan
RIT President David Munson said exciting changes are in the works in RIT’s revised 2025 Strategic Plan that will help the university get closer to becoming a top-50 university, yet unlike any other top-50 university in the nation. -
August 16, 2018
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RIT gets grant to advance computer architectures
Researchers at RIT will use photonic integrated circuit technology to improve the processing speed and energy consumption of brain-inspired computing techniques. -
August 14, 2018
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RIT team identifies Frederick Douglass land deed
A research team from RIT has identified a land deed dating from the Civil War that shows abolitionist Frederick Douglass purchased property in what is now downtown Rochester. The deed is a revelation to scholars seeking to understand Douglass’s role as a businessman and landholder in Rochester. -
August 9, 2018
![Ana Sorensen sits in a wheelchair and demonstrates how the LEV lift works for individuals to lift themselves up. She shows this to another woman who is engaged in the demonstration and reaches out to touch the assistive device.]()
Students create assistive products for community
The Studio 930 Design Consultancy program, a 10-week long multidisciplinary studio experience focused on the design and production of access and health technologies products, wrapped up with an exhibition Aug. 7. -
August 7, 2018
![Cianna Dresden Hall excitedly explains her research to onlookers, talking with her hands and smiling as she speaks.]()
Undergraduate student innovators unveil research at 27th annual symposium
More than 250 student projects, representing all nine colleges, were on display at the 27th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 3 at RIT.
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August 6, 2018
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RIT sponsors tiger exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo
RIT is sharing its tiger pride by sponsoring the tiger exhibit at the Seneca Park Zoo. It’s the latest collaboration between RIT and the zoo, which last year signed a formal memorandum of understanding to develop, promote and implement mutually beneficial projects. -
August 6, 2018
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RIT contributes to success of photonics initiative
RIT’s Future Photon Initiative is developing a system of quality-control protocols for a national photonics manufacturing hub located in Rochester. -
August 2, 2018
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RIT brings together ‘smart city’ experts for workshop
As part of RIT’s Urban Data Science initiative, 100 researchers and practitioners from around the world came together to discuss the future of smart cities at the International Workshop on Urban Data Science in Bangkok. -
August 1, 2018
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Health app helps victims of domestic abuse
Researchers and domestic violence advocates at RIT and Resolve of Greater Rochester created an avatar named RITa to provide “on demand” domestic violence expertise in primary care settings. -
July 25, 2018
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Massive black holes on the edge of spiral galaxies
Findings from an RIT study provide further evidence that the outskirts of spiral galaxies host massive black holes. These overlooked regions are new places to observe gravitational waves created when the massive bodies collide. -
July 16, 2018
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NTID professor addresses United Nations
Professor Peter Hauser, an expert on the long-term impact of deaf individuals’ early language acquisition, delivered a report at a meeting of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Geneva, Switzerland.
