Research News
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June 30, 2017
RIT celebrates manufacturing partnership
A group of industry leaders and RIT researchers detailed new trends in electronics manufacturing at the “Enabling the Digital World: The Future of Electronics and Manufacturing” conference. The event recognized the expansion of RIT’s partnership with ASM Assembly Systems. -
June 26, 2017
RIT hosts summer undergraduate research programs
RIT leads universities in New York with seven federally funded summer research programs for undergraduate students. Eight to 10 students per program work with RIT researchers for 10 weeks. The newest Research Experience for Undergraduates program focuses on multimessenger astrophysics. -
June 5, 2017
Drawing new insights from gravitational waves
Richard O’Shaughnessy and collaborators reanalyzed the merging black holes detected by LIGO last year, linking the black hole’s misalignment to when it formed from the death of a massive star. The force expelled the newborn black hole with a “natal kick,” causing the misalignment. -
June 1, 2017
Black hole computer simulations help ID third gravitational wave
RIT researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational waves and a new black hole 49 times the size of our sun. -
May 25, 2017
Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list
UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list. -
May 9, 2017
RIT wins big in statewide Game Dev Challenge
RIT’s Center for MAGIC announced the winners of the first-ever New York State Game Development Challenge, with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and RIT President Bill Destler. Teams from RIT won first place in both the student and independent developer categories. -
April 28, 2017
Two graduate students earn NSF fellowships
Larwan Berke and Brendan John, graduate students in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, each received a three-year, $34,000 annual stipend from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. -
April 27, 2017
Team introduces second-gen virtual therapists
RIT is advancing interactive medical technologies to help people dealing with addiction, anger management and violent behavior directed at their family and intimate partners. These digital tools can teach coping skills and keep clients focused on recovery. -
April 20, 2017
RIT student presents research on Capitol Hill
RIT biomedical sciences student William Marmor will present his undergraduate research at the Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., April 25-26. The Council on Undergraduate Research sponsors the competitive event for students to share their research with congressional members. -
April 19, 2017
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship offers workshops
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is offering a series of free events and workshops for current or aspiring business owners seeking insight into understanding the market environment. -
April 17, 2017
RIT hosts Effective Access Technology Conference
RIT’s Effective Access Technology Conference, set for Friday in the Gene Polisseni Center, showcases the work, research and development that has been carried out by students and faculty to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide range of physical or cognitive challenges. -
April 11, 2017
RIT scientist measures brightness of the universe
Images taken by NASA’s New Horizons mission on its way to Pluto, and now the Kuiper Belt, have given scientists an unexpected tool for measuring the brightness of all the galaxies in the universe, said RIT researcher Michael Zemcov in a paper published this week in Nature Communications.