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  • March 29, 2018

    Two people working on a astronomical imaging system.

    Using cinema technology for space missions

    RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov is developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. The RIT astronomical imaging system is competing with other technologies for deployment on future NASA space missions for surveying star and galaxy clusters.
  • March 19, 2018

    Two students dig through the snow to find mosses. One student looks up at the camera and smiles through her scarf.

    Study-abroad options adapt to better serve students

    Study abroad at RIT has been undergoing a quiet transformation in the past five years with the growth of short-term international programs, an increase in faculty-led opportunities and a stronger connection to RIT’s global campuses.
  • February 14, 2018

    Magnetic field lines diagram.

    New study advances multimessenger astrophysics

    A new simulation of supermassive black holes, the behemoths at the centers of galaxies, uses a realistic scenario to predict the light signals emitted in the surrounding gas before the masses collide, said RIT researchers in a new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
  • January 16, 2018

    Headshot of Rebecca Scales

    Historian studies polio consequences in France

    Rebecca Scales, an associate professor of history, has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support 12 months of full-time study about the effects of polio in France, from 1920 to 1980.
  • December 11, 2017

    graphic for board game called Lost and Found.

    Professor launches games about religious legal systems

    A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at RIT, has produced two first-of-their-kind table-top games that aim to promote and enhance the public understanding of religion and law.
  • December 6, 2017

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in space.

    Professor among first to use Webb Space Telescope

    RIT astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb telescope is regarded by many as the powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • October 30, 2017

    outer gas disk of spiral galaxies in space.

    Hunting for massive black-hole mergers

    The outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions and a prime location for scientists hunting the sources of gravitational waves, according to RIT researchers.

  • October 22, 2017

    James Winebrake posing for camera

    Research in humanities and social sciences grows

    Humanities and social sciences research at RIT represents a diverse array of scholarship that includes work in traditional disciplines as well as cybersecurity, personal health care, sustainability, cognition among individuals who are deaf, ethics within engineering, and studies to prevent crime.
  • October 22, 2017

    Matthew Wright sits and works on a computer, a bunch of wires bound together framing the photo.

    A new approach to securing networks

    RIT’s cybersecurity experts are studying the past, present and future of cybersecurity to gain a better understanding of the role that humans—and their behavior—play in keeping our technology secure.