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October 7, 2016
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Symposium highlights female scientists
The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society. -
October 6, 2016
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RIT gets grant for nanofabrication equipment
Assistant Professor Jing Zhang received a $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a new etching system for photonic, electronic and bio-device fabrication. -
October 5, 2016
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RIT gets $1M grant to develop food waste solutions
Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received a nearly $1 million award from the National Science Foundation to research sustainable solutions for minimizing and managing food waste generated across the food supply chain. -
October 4, 2016
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Top stories and videos for September
News and a video about RIT’s ranking among top national universities were among the most popular last month. Check out all of September’s top stories and videos. -
September 30, 2016
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Two new companies join Venture Creations
ThermApparel, a garment that helps regulate body temperature, and Positive Science, an eye-tracking system, have joined the Venture Creations business incubator at RIT. -
September 28, 2016
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RIT establishes Data and Predictive Analytics Center
The Data and Predictive Analytics Center in the College of Science will focus on collecting, transforming, modeling and visualizing data sets often referred to as “big data.” -
September 27, 2016
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RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant
The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program. -
September 26, 2016
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Venture Creations manager wins award
Bill Jones, manager of business development at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator, won the Magical Mentor award presented by Upstate Venture Connect. Jones was honored during the 2016 Upstate Unleashed Conference Sept. 16. -
September 23, 2016
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Ebony Miller selected for ‘Forty Under 40’ award
Ebony Miller, interim director of RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, has been selected for a Rochester Business Journal “Forty Under 40” award. -
September 23, 2016
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RIT student team, alumna win big at Digital Rochester GREAT Awards
A team of RIT students and an RIT alumna won top awards for their innovative creations and technology leadership at the 2016 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc. -
September 21, 2016
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Center for Urban Entrepreneurship named finalist for award
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community. -
September 16, 2016
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Professor to study K-12 computing education
Adrienne Decker, assistant professor of interactive games and media, received a $1.19 million grant to study the long-term effects of pre-college computing activities.
