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  • January 4, 2017

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    RIT to lead new Manufacturing USA Institute

    Golisano Institute for Sustainability was selected today by the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Manufacturing USA initiative, to lead its new Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute.
  • December 19, 2016

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    Researchers study plastic pollution in Great Lakes

    A new study by Matthew Hoffman of RIT’s College of Science and Eric Hittinger of the College of Liberal Arts inventories and tracks high concentrations of plastic in the Great Lakes and could help inform cleanup efforts and target pollution prevention.
  • December 12, 2016

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    Professor gets grant to help gaming scholars

    Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media and research affiliate in the MAGIC Center, received a National Science Foundation grant to design a capacity-building program tailored to early-career scholars.
  • November 22, 2016

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    Professor wins grant to study the eye

    Biophysicist Moumita Das is leading a National Science Foundation-funded study to explore properties critical to the function of the vitreous humor, or gel, that fills the eye, which could lead to advances in the treatment of vision disorders, drug delivery and eye surgery.
  • November 16, 2016

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    Professor: High-end chefs’ success starts at home

    In a new study, John Ettlie, professor and Rosett Chair for Research at RIT’s Saunders College of Business, found that success as a master chef of haute cuisine depends less on going to culinary school than having an innovative support team along the way.
  • November 16, 2016

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    Researchers fix Landsat 8 imagery, measurements

    Software developed by Aaron Gerace and Matt Montanaro, senior scientists at RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, improves the accuracy of NASA’s Landsat 8 Earth-sensing satellite, which was giving inaccurate readings due to defective optics in the thermal infrared sensor.
  • November 4, 2016

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    Professor wins four fellowships

    Joel Kastner, professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and the School of Physics and Astronomy, is broadening and deepening his research program on the origins of our solar system while on four consecutive fellowships and visiting positions.
  • October 31, 2016

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    Research awarded grant for ultrathin membrane work

    Thomas Gaborski, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering.
  • October 12, 2016

    NTID awarded grant for educational training

    The $443,200 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Sara Schley, co-director of NTID’s Research Center for Teaching and Learning, and her team develop an “accessibility toolkit” for STEM faculty who teach classes in which deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students are present.
  • October 10, 2016

    RIT celebrates Optical Society’s 100th anniversary

    RIT will have a strong presence at the centennial anniversary meeting of the Optical Society, including a technical exhibit by the Future Photon Initiative, the RIT-led “Global Women of Light” symposium and several presentations by faculty, students and alumni.
  • October 7, 2016

    portrait of Jie Qiao.

    Symposium highlights female scientists

    The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society.