Research News
Stories related to "research"
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August 6, 2015
Professor co-chairs international conference
Jie Qiao is the general co-chair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X in Beijing. The biennial event is expected to draw 200 scientists from 20 countries. -
August 3, 2015
Symposium showcases achievements in research
The 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 7 and features the work of more than 200 undergraduate researchers. -
July 27, 2015
Consortium wins bid for national photonics center
A New York-based consortium, led by SUNY Polytechnic, RIT and UR, has been awarded a multimillion-dollar federal investment to create a national photonics center. -
July 22, 2015
Professor explores extended galactic disks
Astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti is refining her technique to uncover dwarf galaxies and understand dark matter by simulating the evolutionary histories of galactic disks. -
July 2, 2015
RIT and University of Tokyo form partnership
RIT signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tokyo to facilitate the exchange of students and faculty and to increase collaborative research activities. -
June 22, 2015
Students win Geospatial Intelligence Hackathon
Briana Neuberger and Dan Simon developed a model for the transmission of Ebola in West Africa that could extend to other scenarios and geographies. -
June 22, 2015
Turning up the volume on prostate cancer
Professor Hans Schmitthenner is designing molecular imaging compounds that will target prostate cancer cells and light them up with contrast dyes. -
June 18, 2015
Student’s interview makes Reddit front page
Kevin Sacca made social networking website Reddit’s front page on June 16 with his “Ask Me Anything,” or AMA, about multispectral imaging of historical documents. -
May 26, 2015
Pistol Star gets a stamp of approval
A set of British postal stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope includes a star detected by RIT Professor Don Figer nearly 20 years ago. -
May 26, 2015
Professors win awards for video vignettes
College of Science professors Robert Teese, L. Kate Wright and Dina Newman were recognized in the National Science Foundation 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase. -
May 15, 2015
Professors present ideas at TEDxFlourCity
Sustainability engineer Callie Babbitt will discuss the emergence of industrial ecology and astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti will talk about dark matter and dwarf galaxies. -
May 15, 2015
RIT professor joins ‘Cyberheart’ team
Elizabeth Cherry, associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, is helping develop the “Cyberheart” platform for virtual, patient-specific human heart models.