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  • September 20, 2017

    Five professors posing in front of "RIT & Taiwan Tech Dual-Degree MoU signing Ceremony"

    RIT expands collaboration with Taiwan Tech

    RIT entered into a partnership with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, also called Taiwan Tech, to offer a dual Master of Science degree program.

  • September 18, 2017

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    New app could help detect atrial fibrillation

    A team of engineers and clinicians at RIT and the University of Rochester Medical Center received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a non-contact, video recording technology to detect the presence of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder.

  • August 30, 2017

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    RIT hosts webinar on leadership skills

    The “Engineering Leadership Programs at RIT” webinar is for professionals looking to advance leadership skills within high-tech industries.

  • August 30, 2017

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    RIT hosts artificial intelligence seminar series

    The Move78 Artificial Intelligence Seminar series resumes Sept. 11 and runs successive Mondays through the fall semester. This year’s focus is on machine learning, neuromorphic computing, computer vision and other related topics.

  • August 3, 2017

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    Celebrating 25 years of Formula Racing

    RIT Formula Racing this year is celebrating its 25th anniversary of racing and providing hundreds of students over those years with automotive engineering skills, championship seasons, a pathway to careers and alumni network connections as intricate as a racecar engine.

  • July 27, 2017

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    Researchers seek to improve solar cell technology

    Researchers at RIT, led by Assistant Professor Parsian Mohseni, are expanding solar cell technology using nanowires to capture more of the sun’s energy and transform it into usable electricity.

  • July 18, 2017

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    RIT researchers working on ‘wire revolution’

    Researchers in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering won a Department of Energy award to develop more efficient, durable and cost-effective carbon nanotube technology in electronic components and systems that now use copper wiring.

  • July 14, 2017

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    NTID gets $1M for deaf scientists-in-training program

    The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to RIT that is expected to provide $1.025 million in funding over five years to develop a Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates.

  • July 11, 2017

    Design for sustainable shaver

    Student group wins award for sustainable shaver

    RIT’s student chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World won an award in the national Cradle to Cradle Challenge for their model of a sustainable razor that could help decrease the environmental impact of billions of disposable razors that are discarded each year.

  • July 10, 2017

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    AMPrint Center receives liquid metal 3D printer

    High costs of powdered metals and the need for 3D printing/additive manufacturing equipment that can accommodate these materials are challenges that are being met by RIT and Vader Systems. RIT recently installed Vader’s first Mk1 liquid metal 3D printer in the AMPrint Center.