Rochester Institute of Technology News
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June 9, 2017
RIT Formula team performs well despite challenges
The RIT Formula SAE Racing Team was ranked seventh overall in points among 30-plus collegiate teams during the Formula North competition despite a technical issue with the racecar’s drivetrain. -
June 9, 2017
Student honored for 4.0 GPA
Kimberlee Keithley, who is pursuing bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and applied mathematics, is the 2017 winner of the Norman A. Miles Scholarship, given to a student entering their last year of undergraduate study with the highest GPA across the university. -
June 9, 2017
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June 8, 2017
Digital humanities research gains national attention
In the two years since RIT began offering a bachelor’s degree in digital humanities and social sciences, the first two graduates of the program received their degrees, and projects involving students, faculty and alumni connected to the new major are already garnering national attention. -
June 7, 2017
RIT students win top prizes at MIT hackathon
Archit Jha and Rohan Patel, human-computer interaction master’s students, took home top honors and cash prizes for creating apps that help those with epilepsy and mental health disorders during the MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack. -
June 7, 2017
RIT receives $1M to promote diversity
RIT has been awarded $1 million as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Initiative to increase diversity and inclusivity among undergraduate science majors and develop a strategy for supporting their success. -
June 6, 2017
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June 6, 2017
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June 5, 2017
RIT Press to bring Vignelli book back into print
RIT Press and an enthusiastic group of crowdfunders have revitalized a book that profiles the most iconic work of world-renowned Italian designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli. This August, RIT Press will release an exact reprint of the original, 196-page Vignelli: From A to Z.
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June 5, 2017
Drawing new insights from gravitational waves
Richard O’Shaughnessy and collaborators reanalyzed the merging black holes detected by LIGO last year, linking the black hole’s misalignment to when it formed from the death of a massive star. The force expelled the newborn black hole with a “natal kick,” causing the misalignment. -
June 1, 2017
Black hole computer simulations help ID third gravitational wave
RIT researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational waves and a new black hole 49 times the size of our sun.
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May 31, 2017
