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November 1, 2018
RIT collaborates on multi-university research exploring the quantum world
RIT researcher Mishkat Bhattacharya is building a theoretical framework to predict how nanoparticles made of graphene, silica and rare-earth compounds behave when suspended within the center of a laser beam. -
October 31, 2018
RIT team wins 2018 Paperboard Packaging Student Design Challenge
RIT’s “Packin’ Heat” student team was a spicy favorite at the 2018 Paperboard Packaging Student Design Challenge. The group of undergraduates took first place among 58 collegiate teams in the national design competition. -
October 30, 2018
Creators of ‘Lost & Found’ game honored for work
The interdisciplinary team of RIT faculty and student researchers, designers and developers that created the Lost & Found tabletop game is getting recognition for its design. Throughout the year, the game has been featured at several showcases for independent and serious games. -
October 30, 2018
Colleges face-off at national pentesting competition
Students from the nation’s best colleges will use their hacking skills for good in the largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition, to be held Nov. 2–4 at RIT. -
October 26, 2018
RIT alumni recognized for outstanding research on black holes
RIT’s Office for Graduate Education recently celebrated groundbreaking research on black holes by two alumni at the annual Graduate Alumni Awards reception. -
October 26, 2018
IBM mobile cybersecurity center to stop at RIT on Friday
RIT Computing Weekend will have an extra special visitor—the new IBM X-Force Command Tactical Operation Center (C-TOC), which will be making its first visit to a university as part of the Nov. 2–4 event.
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October 25, 2018
Student Spotlight: Why study exercise science?
Meet TJ Bartholomew, a third-year exercise science major -
October 24, 2018
Researchers improve upon stethoscope design
Researchers at RIT and URMC developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ailments and problems that might occur with an implanted heart pump.
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October 24, 2018
RIT’s Nasr releases U.N. report on circular economies
Rethinking how industrial products are manufactured and dealing with them at the end of their useful life could provide breakthrough environmental, social and economic benefits, according to new research from the International Resource Panel. -
October 23, 2018
Faculty members’ new book looks at 2016 presidential election
Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, edited by three RIT faculty members in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, looks at how Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and American voters invoked ideas of gender, race and history in that election. -
October 23, 2018
RIT hosts Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday
The Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT features informational networking sessions, the student Tiger Tank competition and a keynote address from Mark Gentile, founder of Odyssey Software. -
October 23, 2018
RIT to receive $1 million for clean energy project
RIT has won $1 million as part of the Energy to Lead Competition, which challenges New York colleges and universities to develop plans for local clean energy projects on campus and in their communities as the state seeks innovative solutions to combat climate change.