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  • September 10, 2018

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    RIT wins collaborative award to improve STEM ecosystem

    RIT professor Casey Miller won $880,000 from the National Science Foundation INCLUDES program, which seeks to increase and strengthen efforts to create a diverse STEM workforce to meet the nation’s future needs and maintain its standing in research and development.

  • August 27, 2018

    The Inclusive Excellence researchers pose for a photo together in front of their research posters.

    Inclusive Excellence cultivates diversity

    The first Inclusive Excellence research fellowship was held this summer and paired seven undergraduate students in the College of Science with research mentors. The initiative is working to create a deeper understanding of diversity in the College of Science and at RIT.

  • August 24, 2018

    Three researchers dressed in white, sterile jumpsuits work together in a lab.

    RIT garners record $78 million in research funding

    RIT’s sponsored research portfolio grew in fiscal year 2018, reaching a record $78 million in funding. RIT received 340 new awards and had a record 333 principal investigators associated with active research awards.

  • August 24, 2018

    President Munson outlines RIT’s 2025 Strategic Plan

    RIT President David Munson said exciting changes are in the works in RIT’s revised 2025 Strategic Plan that will help the university get closer to becoming a top-50 university, yet unlike any other top-50 university in the nation.

  • August 14, 2018

    A google maps image of Rochester with a purple flag marking the location of the Douglass property purchase in April 1863.

    RIT team identifies Frederick Douglass land deed

    A research team from RIT has identified a land deed dating from the Civil War that shows abolitionist Frederick Douglass purchased property in what is now downtown Rochester. The deed is a revelation to scholars seeking to understand Douglass’s role as a businessman and landholder in Rochester.

  • August 9, 2018

    Ana Sorensen sits in a wheelchair and demonstrates how the LEV lift works for individuals to lift themselves up. She shows this to another woman who is engaged in the demonstration and reaches out to touch the assistive device.

    Students create assistive products for community

    The Studio 930 Design Consultancy program, a 10-week long multidisciplinary studio experience focused on the design and production of access and health technologies products, wrapped up with an exhibition Aug. 7.

  • August 6, 2018

    A photo of a tiger laying down in the grass.

    RIT sponsors tiger exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo

    RIT is sharing its tiger pride by sponsoring the tiger exhibit at the Seneca Park Zoo. It’s the latest collaboration between RIT and the zoo, which last year signed a formal memorandum of understanding to develop, promote and implement mutually beneficial projects.

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