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  • July 27, 2017

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    Researchers seek to improve solar cell technology

    Researchers at RIT, led by Assistant Professor Parsian Mohseni, are expanding solar cell technology using nanowires to capture more of the sun’s energy and transform it into usable electricity.

  • July 18, 2017

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    RIT researchers working on ‘wire revolution’

    Researchers in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering won a Department of Energy award to develop more efficient, durable and cost-effective carbon nanotube technology in electronic components and systems that now use copper wiring.

  • June 30, 2017

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    RIT celebrates manufacturing partnership

    A group of industry leaders and RIT researchers detailed new trends in electronics manufacturing at the “Enabling the Digital World: The Future of Electronics and Manufacturing” conference. The event recognized the expansion of RIT’s partnership with ASM Assembly Systems.

  • June 26, 2017

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    RIT hosts summer undergraduate research programs

    RIT leads universities in New York with seven federally funded summer research programs for undergraduate students. Eight to 10 students per program work with RIT researchers for 10 weeks. The newest Research Experience for Undergraduates program focuses on multimessenger astrophysics.

  • 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.

  • May 25, 2017

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    Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list

    UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list.

  • May 9, 2017

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    RIT wins big in statewide Game Dev Challenge

    RIT’s Center for MAGIC announced the winners of the first-ever New York State Game Development Challenge, with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and RIT President Bill Destler. Teams from RIT won first place in both the student and independent developer categories.

  • April 28, 2017

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    Two graduate students earn NSF fellowships

    Larwan Berke and Brendan John, graduate students in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, each received a three-year, $34,000 annual stipend from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

  • April 27, 2017

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    Team introduces second-gen virtual therapists

    RIT is advancing interactive medical technologies to help people dealing with addiction, anger management and violent behavior directed at their family and intimate partners. These digital tools can teach coping skills and keep clients focused on recovery.

  • April 20, 2017

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    RIT student presents research on Capitol Hill

    RIT biomedical sciences student William Marmor will present his undergraduate research at the Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., April 25-26. The Council on Undergraduate Research sponsors the competitive event for students to share their research with congressional members.

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