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  • August 6, 2015

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    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.
  • July 22, 2015

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    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

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    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.
  • 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

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    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

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    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

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    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.