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November 30, 2016
RIT awarded grant to develop curriculum modules
RIT was awarded nearly $75,000 from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards educational modules for the university’s College of Applied Science and Technology. -
October 31, 2016
Research awarded grant for ultrathin membrane work
Thomas Gaborski, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering. -
October 21, 2016
Researcher gets grant to study vaccine market
RIT received a three-year, $374,949 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for faculty-researcher Ruben Proaño to study and help design a coordinated decision-support system for the global procurement of vaccines. -
October 18, 2016
RIT receives grant to support STEM transfer students
RIT received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to support low-income transfer students’ access to undergraduate degrees in engineering and engineering technology. Surendra Gupta, professor of mechanical engineering, is overseeing the program. -
October 6, 2016
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. -
September 27, 2016
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 16, 2016
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. -
July 25, 2016
RIT to revitalize Cary Graphic Design Archive
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded RIT a $280,000 grant to document, digitize and preserve the university’s Graphic Design Archive. -
July 14, 2016
NTID celebrates growing number of Ph.D. candidates
Four NTID students were enrolled in the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program, which helps deaf and hard-of-hearing students earn doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines. -
June 22, 2016
Professor to help assess child language abilities
Assistant Professor Emily Prud’hommeaux received a grant to update the tests speech-language pathologists have used for decades to determine a child’s language abilities. -
June 16, 2016
RIT and UW-Madison study high-tech workforce
A study exploring how high-tech employees learn to develop competencies relevant to the workplace is the focus of a collaboration between RIT and UW-Madison. -
April 21, 2016
Researcher developing next-gen computer systems
Dhireesha Kudithipudi received a grant for the project “Reservoir computing and benchmarking of neuromorphic systems for size/weight/power constrained environments.”