News Stories

  • November 19, 2025

    two people discusses infrared breast images in a lab.

    Venture Creations startup company is redefining breast cancer detection

    BiRed Imaging, co-founded by Professor Satish Kandlikar, blends infrared camera capture, numerical simulation, and artificial intelligence-driven algorithms to accurately detect the presence, size, and location of tumors. The revolutionary process spares patients painful breast compression, radiation exposure, false alarms, and unnecessary anxiety.

  • November 19, 2025

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    Club sports help students find their fit

    Club sports are a big part of student life at the university. Every year, about 2,000 students are involved with the nearly 50 different club sports. For many, it scratches that competitive itch. For others, it’s a chance to try something new, find a community, and stay active.

  • November 19, 2025

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    RIT innovation helps illuminate lost history

    The goal of libraries, museums, and archives around the world is to safeguard historical documents, but some objects can deteriorate with time. RIT’s Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) lab is using funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a relatively low-cost system that makes cultural heritage imaging methods more accessible.

  • November 19, 2025

    a chyron appears with the name Bill St John as he appears behind it.

    WROC-TV highlights the students, faculty, and staff that packaged meals for the community, speaking to Bill St. Jean, associate director of the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, about the impact.

  • November 17, 2025

    a hockey goalie guards the goal at an R I T hockey game.

    College Hockey News speaks to RIT Men's Hockey Coach Matt Thomas about the success the team has seen so far this season.

  • November 17, 2025

    a man and a woman sit with their backs to the camera on the front of a catamaran in a lake

    Tiger Love: Engineering alumni are sailing into retirement

    Michael and Suzanne Pail met as engineering undergraduates during a first-year chemistry class. Since then, the two have kept a personal chemistry as engineers, business owners, and now shipmates sailing the ocean on Mira, their double-hull catamaran.

  • November 14, 2025

    Members of the Interfaith Council meet in a small conference room around a table.

    Students form Interfaith Council

    Nearly 2,500 students who engage in spiritual programs and services on campus now have a unified voice in the Interfaith Council, the university’s newest organization.