News

October 31, 2016

Research awarded grant for ultrathin membrane work

Thomas Gaborski, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering.
October 25, 2016

RIT to acquire first liquid metal 3D printing system

RIT will purchase the first liquid metal 3D-printing system from Vader Systems, a Buffalo-based company. It will be part of an array of high-tech equipment being used for research and product development through New York state’s AMPrint Center.
October 25, 2016

State opens AMPrint Center at RIT

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined state representatives, corporate partners and RIT leaders today in launching the Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing (AMPrint) Center, one of New York state’s newest Centers for Advanced Technology.
October 24, 2016

AMPrint Center opening ceremony to be live-streamed

The RIT community can watch a live stream of Tuesday’s dedication ceremony of the Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing (or AMPrint) Center. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m.
October 21, 2016

Researcher gets grant to study vaccine market

RIT received a three-year, $374,949 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for faculty-researcher Ruben Proaño to study and help design a coordinated decision-support system for the global procurement of vaccines.
October 18, 2016

RIT receives grant to support STEM transfer students

RIT received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to support low-income transfer students’ access to undergraduate degrees in engineering and engineering technology. Surendra Gupta, professor of mechanical engineering, is overseeing the program.
October 6, 2016

RIT gets grant for nanofabrication equipment

Assistant Professor Jing Zhang received a $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a new etching system for photonic, electronic and bio-device fabrication.
October 3, 2016

Women in Engineering hosts open house Nov. 5

Female engineering students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering will host an open house for prospective students with hands-on activities, demonstrations and experiments. It is free and open to girls in grades 5-9 and their parents and teachers.
September 27, 2016

RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant

The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program.
September 27, 2016

Hundreds of employers seek students at annual fall Career Fair

Nearly 250 employing organizations and hundreds of recruiter representatives seeking RIT students and graduates are attending the Fall 2016 Career Fair Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gordon Field House.
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 2, 2016

SAAC president prepares for home opener

Meet Natalie Hurd, a fourth-year industrial engineering major, member of the women’s soccer team and president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.