News by Topic: Research

June 5, 2017

Drawing new insights from gravitational waves

Richard O’Shaughnessy and collaborators reanalyzed the merging black holes detected by LIGO last year, linking the black hole’s misalignment to when it formed from the death of a massive star. The force expelled the newborn black hole with a “natal kick,” causing the misalignment.
June 1, 2017

Black hole computer simulations help ID third gravitational wave

RIT researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational waves and a new black hole 49 times the size of our sun.
May 25, 2017

Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list

UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list.
May 9, 2017

RIT wins big in statewide Game Dev Challenge

RIT’s Center for MAGIC announced the winners of the first-ever New York State Game Development Challenge, with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and RIT President Bill Destler. Teams from RIT won first place in both the student and independent developer categories.
April 28, 2017

Two graduate students earn NSF fellowships

Larwan Berke and Brendan John, graduate students in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, each received a three-year, $34,000 annual stipend from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
April 27, 2017

Team introduces second-gen virtual therapists

RIT is advancing interactive medical technologies to help people dealing with addiction, anger management and violent behavior directed at their family and intimate partners. These digital tools can teach coping skills and keep clients focused on recovery.
April 20, 2017

RIT student presents research on Capitol Hill

RIT biomedical sciences student William Marmor will present his undergraduate research at the Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., April 25-26. The Council on Undergraduate Research sponsors the competitive event for students to share their research with congressional members.
April 19, 2017

Center for Urban Entrepreneurship offers workshops

RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is offering a series of free events and workshops for current or aspiring business owners seeking insight into understanding the market environment.
April 17, 2017

RIT hosts Effective Access Technology Conference

RIT’s Effective Access Technology Conference, set for Friday in the Gene Polisseni Center, showcases the work, research and development that has been carried out by students and faculty to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide range of physical or cognitive challenges.
April 11, 2017

RIT scientist measures brightness of the universe

Images taken by NASA’s New Horizons mission on its way to Pluto, and now the Kuiper Belt, have given scientists an unexpected tool for measuring the brightness of all the galaxies in the universe, said RIT researcher Michael Zemcov in a paper published this week in Nature Communications.
April 6, 2017

RIT celebrates researchers’ achievements

RIT honored researchers who served as principal investigators on active awards in fiscal year 2016 at an April 5 reception. Also recognized were the 18 recipients of Seed Funding Awards and 11 new inductees in RIT’s PI Millionaires.
March 31, 2017

RIT to get Humanities Connections grant

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced a $91,000 grant to RIT to help students focus on the historical, economic and cultural meanings of community in and beyond Rochester.

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