Research News

The Tech Policy Press podcast interviews Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, and Albert Fox Cahn about their new book, Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation.

Government Technology highlights Grammar Laboratory, a tool developed by Erin Finton, lecturer for RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The tool makes English grammar practice more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

RIT Professor Zhongwang Dou recently received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for a five-year project to detail how blood flow within an aneurysm is affected by movement, and how physical exercise might affect the risk of aneurysm rupture.

Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about his perspective on the issues shaping higher education in the year ahead.

Republic World reports on RIT’s HAUNT framework, which tests how large language models respond to misinformation.

Imaging science Ph.D. student Muhammad Akif Qadeer has been awarded the 2025 Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship from the Optica Foundation. The award is given to one student each year who shows potential in precision optics manufacturing and lens design.

Researchers have developed a solution to finding a compatible gel medium to host human cells and a device that can print the delicate cells safely.

RIT and the University of Rochester will receive $2 million in federal funding to further develop the Rochester Quantum Network (RoQNET). The National Institute of Standards and Technology is providing the funding to advance the future of secure quantum communications and to build new capabilities for RoQNET.

Imaging science Ph.D. student Diane Knauf is shining new light on old images with help from a grant from the National Park Service.

Paley is internationally renowned for his large-scale decorative arts, and has a long association with RIT as a Distinguished Professor and artist-in-residence in the School for American Crafts.

Researchers have created a new tool to stress test large language models (LLMs) that power AI chatbots, including ChatGPT. Using this innovation, developers can build more trustworthy AI systems and users can see which LLMs contradict themselves.

RIT alumnus Adam Giammarese’s work in chaos theory has earned him the Edward N. Lorenz Early Career Award, an annual recognition by the publication Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science.