News

  • January 16, 2018

    Headshot of Rebecca Scales

    Historian studies polio consequences in France

    Rebecca Scales, an associate professor of history, has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support 12 months of full-time study about the effects of polio in France, from 1920 to 1980.

  • November 14, 2017

    Three people standing in the Center for Public Safety Initiatives office.

    STEAM competition to solve public safety problems

    The RIT Center for Public Safety Initiatives is hosting a contest to encourage interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty to develop ways public safety problems can be helped with the use of solutions involving science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM).

  • November 13, 2017

    Four people together for a picture in the Wallace Library.

    RIT family members share international journeys

    Four members of the RIT family talked Friday afternoon as part of My Untold Story, hosted by RIT Libraries. The series of talks invites members of the RIT community to share their personal experiences in an effort to challenge stereotypes and build understanding through dialogue.

  • October 22, 2017

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    Research in humanities and social sciences grows

    Humanities and social sciences research at RIT represents a diverse array of scholarship that includes work in traditional disciplines as well as cybersecurity, personal health care, sustainability, cognition among individuals who are deaf, ethics within engineering, and studies to prevent crime.

  • October 22, 2017

    Matthew Wright sits and works on a computer, a bunch of wires bound together framing the photo.

    A new approach to securing networks

    RIT’s cybersecurity experts are studying the past, present and future of cybersecurity to gain a better understanding of the role that humans—and their behavior—play in keeping our technology secure.

  • October 22, 2017

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    Interdisciplinary team studying skills gap

    Amid the national discussion about skills gaps in filling STEM jobs, a trio of RIT researchers is diving into whether that gap exists in the optics and photonics industry in Rochester.

  • October 22, 2017

    Eric Hittinger and Eric Williams post for a photo together in front of powerlines, both of their arms crossed.

    Optimizing the U.S. electrical grid

    RIT researchers are developing a system of algorithmic computer modeling that will help policymakers produce and use electricity more efficiently.

  • October 22, 2017

    Cover of "Designed for Hi-FI Living"

    Faculty Research Yields Several Books

    Research doesn’t always involve a cleanroom, white coats, or bubbling beakers. In many cases, research is done by digging through dusty documents, interviewing people, or gathering information about historical events. A culmination of such research is putting the findings in a book.

  • October 18, 2017

    Scientists cleaning equipment

    Four companies graduate from business incubator

    Venture Creations, the business incubator at RIT, celebrated the launch of four new businesses: Token, Impact Earth, Optel and Turbett Surgical, which makes a surgical container, shown here, designed to save time in preparing and delivering surgical instruments to the sterile field.