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RIT has launched CMOS+X, a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program that prepares future STEM leaders with professional skills training, including interdisciplinary collaboration, scientific writing, strategic communication, and project management skills.

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on a year filled with milestones, innovation, and inspiring stories from across the RIT community. 

RIT’s new Research Building officially opened its doors Dec. 2, and inside, faculty and students are gearing up to usher in a new era of discovery on campus.

Engineering researcher Stephen Polly was recently appointed director of the RIT NanoPower Research Laboratory and will lead one of the university’s major research groups.

The goal of libraries, museums, and archives around the world is to safeguard historical documents, but some objects can deteriorate with time. RIT’s Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) lab is using funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a relatively low-cost system that makes cultural heritage imaging methods more accessible.

RIT researchers are zeroing in on quantum photonics, the creation, control, and detection of light. Photonics has long been a specialty of the university. RIT led the team that developed the first quantum photonic wafer, which is key to the future of mass-produced quantum communication systems.

Backed by an award from the National Institutes of Health, Assistant Professor Stefan Schulze is using his expertise in the structure and function of proteins to work with a bacterial pathogen commonly associated with antibiotic resistance.

Lions, tigers, and bears—that’s the everyday reality for Seneca Park Zookeeper Brenna De Angelis ’16 (biology), a Rochester native who now works with the animals she grew up visiting.

Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is featured on KPFA's Green Street podcast talking about her work uncovering the sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water. 

RIT’s College of Science will receive funding from the Simons Empire Faculty Fellowship program for four new tenure-track faculty members.

The Red Spider Nebula, named for its distinct shape, can now be seen clearer than ever thanks to work by RIT scientists.

The New York Times features Manresa Wilds, a Connecticut project led by philanthropist Austin McChord ’09 (bioinformatics) that transforms a former power plant into a public park showcasing innovative environmental and community renewal. (This content will require a subscription to view.)