News by Topic: Research

September 21, 2016

Center for Urban Entrepreneurship named finalist for award

RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community.
September 16, 2016

Professor to study K-12 computing education

Adrienne Decker, assistant professor of interactive games and media, received a $1.19 million grant to study the long-term effects of pre-college computing activities.
September 8, 2016

Sponsored Research garners $73 million in funding

RIT’s sponsored research portfolio grew by almost 18 percent in fiscal year 2016, reaching a record $73 million in funding.
September 7, 2016

RIT, RRH working to improve cancer screening

Researchers at RIT and physicians at Rochester Regional Health received a National Science Foundation grant to advance thermal imaging techniques to detect breast cancer.
September 1, 2016

RIT wins grant to help develop new antibiotics

Andre Hudson has received a federal award for research that could help in the battle to develop new drugs to combat the rise in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
August 10, 2016

Students build star-tracking instrument for NASA

Undergraduates are making a “compass” for rockets using a new kind of detector technology. The instrument will fly on a NASA technology demonstration mission later this year.
August 9, 2016

NTID to launch mobile app development program

The new academic program is made possible by a collaboration with Xamarin Inc. and a grant from the National Science Foundation.
August 9, 2016

Undergraduates unveil research projects

More than 250 student projects were on display at the 25th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 5.
July 22, 2016

Grant assists postdoctoral deaf students

A nearly $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help advance research, teaching experiences and career prep for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
July 20, 2016

Professor discusses dark matter research

Assistant professor Sukanya Chakrabarti presents “The Mystery of Dark Matter” on Aug. 5 at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif.
July 14, 2016

RIT awarded $1M for gravitational-wave astronomy

Carlos Lousto and Manuela Campanelli won separate grants from the National Science Foundation to further their research.
July 7, 2016

NTID names Pollard associate dean for research

Robert Pollard will provide leadership for research at NTID and play a key role in shaping and expanding NTID's emerging research agenda.

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