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December 3, 2025
Opening of new Research Building will position RIT at the ‘forefront of discovery’
RIT’s new Research Building officially opened its doors Dec. 2, and inside, faculty and students are gearing up to usher in a new era of discovery on campus.
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December 1, 2025
Study details how analog computing solves signal processing challenges faster
Researchers at RIT have improved the electronics used in communication and radar systems to better process signals using electromagnetic radio waves. This breakthrough could advance computing processes for technologies that need to handle signals quickly and efficiently.
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December 1, 2025
India’s Anaemia Crisis Demands Policy Convergence, Not Parallel Efforts
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.
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November 24, 2025
RIT partners with Gallaudet University to launch research traineeship program in Universal AI
RIT is teaming up with Gallaudet University to prepare the next generation of artificial intelligence researchers and practitioners who will develop AI for everyone.
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November 24, 2025
Software Engineering faculty and students celebrate newly renovated ‘Classroom of the Future’
Unconventional classroom with modern tech made possible by new gift from Palmers Family of Companies and Corning
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November 21, 2025
Engineering researcher appointed new director of RIT’s NanoPower Research Laboratory
Engineering researcher Stephen Polly was recently appointed director of the RIT NanoPower Research Laboratory and will lead one of the university’s major research groups.
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November 20, 2025
Cross-disciplinary collaborations lead to growth for double-major students
From satellite debris to artificial intelligence, double major students find research success by combining expertise in computer science and economics.
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November 19, 2025
RIT innovation helps illuminate lost history
The goal of libraries, museums, and archives around the world is to safeguard historical documents, but some objects can deteriorate with time. RIT’s Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) lab is using funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a relatively low-cost system that makes cultural heritage imaging methods more accessible.
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November 19, 2025
Manifesting quantum: How RIT researchers are navigating the next frontier of physics
RIT researchers are zeroing in on quantum photonics, the creation, control, and detection of light. Photonics has long been a specialty of the university. RIT led the team that developed the first quantum photonic wafer, which is key to the future of mass-produced quantum communication systems.
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November 18, 2025
Psychology professor creates big team science network for otter research
Professor Caroline DeLong established the ManyOtters project in collaboration with several other universities to share research, knowledge, and to explore the cognitive abilities of otters. -
November 17, 2025
Early impressions: WITR hosts President Sanders
Learn what RIT President Bill Sanders’s early impressions are of the university when he visits WITR-FM (89.7) this week.
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November 14, 2025
Investigation continues into UPenn cyber attack
WHTM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about a cybersecurity incident at UPenn and tips for staying safe from cyber attacks.