Research News

RIT is strengthening the computing infrastructure behind its growing research enterprise with a new high-performance computing cluster ranked among the world’s fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputers.

Chemical engineering student Natalie Bedolla-Mortensen is playing a role in reengineering tiny particles that could one day become cell tissues of 3D-printed organs. Her research is part of Rochester Institute of Technology’s work in the growing field of soft matter development.

Small choices can have big consequences. That’s the idea at the heart of Peaceland: Choose Your Memory, a new video game being developed by students and faculty at RIT.

WHEC-TV highlights RIT’s continued placement among the nation’s top universities, ranking No. 95 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best National Universities list and marking its fourth consecutive year in the top 100.

Hands-on educational experience is key to future innovation, and students in RIT’s Freshman Imaging Project receive it as soon as they step foot on campus.

Researchers at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf have collaborated with Google to test new AI technology that converts sign language into text in real time.

RIT’s decades-long partnership with the federal Landsat program will continue with a $2.2 million grant from NASA.

In his State of the University address, RIT President Bill Sanders outlined a vision for RIT centered on investing in people, programs, and strategic priorities to sustain the university's momentum and impact.

Alternatives to plastics are being created by researchers at RIT using plant-based starch, a plentiful and highly sustainable material.

RIT once again made The Princeton Review Best Colleges list and was ranked among the top 50 schools for “Colleges that Create Futures” in its Best 392 Colleges 2027 edition.

The new research hub will improve engineering education to close skills gaps and address how artificial intelligence is impacting the workplace.

RIT is building its eminence in quantum research as part of a $37.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award for large-scale interdisciplinary research projects known as Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes.