News by Topic: Research
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August 27, 2015
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Sponsored Research garners $62 million in funding
RIT’s sponsored research portfolio grew by 18 percent in fiscal year 2015, reaching a record $62 million in funding. -
August 14, 2015
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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 13, 2015
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Researchers at RIT seek to solve looping problem
A team of computing security faculty and graduate students is creating Meshed Tree Protocol to make computer networks more reliable, faster and more secure. -
August 6, 2015
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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. -
August 3, 2015
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Symposium showcases achievements in research
The 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 7 and features the work of more than 200 undergraduate researchers. -
July 27, 2015
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Consortium wins bid for national photonics center
A New York-based consortium, led by SUNY Polytechnic, RIT and UR, has been awarded a multimillion-dollar federal investment to create a national photonics center. -
July 22, 2015
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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
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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
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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. -
June 22, 2015
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Turning up the volume on prostate cancer
Professor Hans Schmitthenner is designing molecular imaging compounds that will target prostate cancer cells and light them up with contrast dyes. -
June 18, 2015
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Student’s interview makes Reddit front page
Kevin Sacca made social networking website Reddit’s front page on June 16 with his “Ask Me Anything,” or AMA, about multispectral imaging of historical documents. -
May 26, 2015
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Pistol Star gets a stamp of approval
A set of British postal stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope includes a star detected by RIT Professor Don Figer nearly 20 years ago.
