News by Topic: Research

March 3, 2015

Image Permanence Institute awarded major grant

The Image Permanence Institute at RIT received a $399,825 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access Research and Development program.
March 2, 2015

Researchers aim to improve hearing loss treatment

RIT was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to further develop an advanced intra-cochlear drug delivery system that could improve treatment of hearing loss.
February 18, 2015

Gabrielle Gaustad receives NSF CAREER award

Gabrielle Gaustad of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability received the award to study the implications of material scarcity and criticality on clean energy technologies.
February 6, 2015

Lifting the veil on a dark galaxy

A cluster of stars, discovered by a team led by an RIT researcher, in the distant regions of the Milky Way may mark the location of a new dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxy.
February 2, 2015

Scientist works on artificial tissue development

Maria Helguera and colleagues from UR are looking to ultrasound technology to create blood vessels needed to nourish organs and tissues grown for reconstructive applications.
January 30, 2015

Application for national photonics center advances

RIT is among the leaders of a consortium named as one of three finalists in the country competing for a multimillion-dollar federal investment in a regional photonics center.
December 23, 2014

RIT to establish cybersecurity scholarship program

Responding to the national demand for workers highly trained in cybersecurity, RIT will use a National Science Foundation grant to establish the scholarship program.
December 1, 2014

New technology could reshape space telescopes

Scientists at RIT and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture made of swarms of particles released from a canister.
November 10, 2014

Sponsored Research garners $52.7M in funding

RIT received a record 410 new awards in the fiscal year 2014 from a variety of state, federal, corporate and foundation sponsors.
November 6, 2014

College of Science seeks to launch $1M endowment

The Fred L. Emerson Foundation has offered a $250,000 challenge grant contingent upon RIT raising the remaining $750,000. The fund would support undergraduate research.
October 10, 2014

RIT team working to alleviate grape disease

Professor Michael Savka and alumnus Han Ming Gan are close to completing the genetic blueprint of grape crown gall tumor disease, which impacts vineyards worldwide.
September 9, 2014

RIT ranked among best regional universities

RIT is recognized in several categories for educational quality and value in the 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges.

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