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Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
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July 7, 2022
NASA funds RIT scientists’ research into solar space travel
WXXI talks to Grover Swartzlander, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, about the Diffractive Solar Sailing project.
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July 6, 2022
RIT faculty and alumni receive NASA funding to develop new diffractive solar sail concepts
NASA announced new funding for a project led by RIT alumni, faculty, and students that could power spacecraft to orbit the sun’s poles for the first time. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program will provide funding to the Diffractive Solar Sailing project led by Amber Dubill ’20, ’20 MS of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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June 28, 2022
College of Science Dean Sophia Maggelakis to become provost of Wentworth Institute of Technology
Dean Sophia Maggelakis will be leaving RIT to become the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Maggelakis joined RIT as an assistant professor in 1990, became head of the School of Mathematical Sciences in 2001, and became dean of the College of Science in 2010.
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June 27, 2022
Museums and libraries nationwide leveraging low-cost spectral imaging systems built by RIT
Libraries and museums across the country have begun recapturing lost and obscured text on historically significant documents thanks to low-cost spectral imaging systems developed by faculty and students at RIT.
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June 6, 2022
RIT professor earns NASA grant to study baby stars and newborn planets closest to Earth
A team of RIT scientists is poring over NASA data for new insights about Earth’s youngest, closest neighbors. Joel Kastner, a professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy, received nearly $400,000 for a NASA archival study to advance our understanding of newly formed stars and planets.
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April 11, 2022
Five mind-blowing Hubble Space Telescope images from the past decade
The New York Post features a Hubble Space Telescope image created by an RIT team led by Joel Kastner, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
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March 23, 2022
Record applicant pool signals demographic shifts for RIT
More women are applying to RIT than ever before, especially in STEM programs. Applications from women were up 13 percent across the board from last year. The surge in women applicants in STEM is helping an overall record year for applications.
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March 22, 2022
Featured Image: A Cosmic Butterfly Spreads Its Wings
AAS NOVA features a Hubble Space Telescope image created by an RIT team led by Joel Kastner, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
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March 13, 2022
Watch, Read: Bringing Space Superiority Into the Light
Air Force Magazine talks to Erich Hernandez-Baquero ’00 Ph.D. (imaging science), executive director of Raytheon Intelligence and Space, about “space superiority.”
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March 8, 2022
A new image captures enormous gas rings encircling an aging red star
ScienceNews talks to Joel Kastner, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, about mass loss in stars.
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February 23, 2022
RIT’s remote sensing experts help scientists keep an eye on the Earth
Scientists from RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science recently helped successfully bring the new Landsat 9 satellite online and are partnering with a startup on a bold new initiative to help scientists in government and the private sector monitor changes in the Earth’s surface temperature.
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January 31, 2022
Scholars earn coveted early career awards
Three faculty members who chose to start their research careers at RIT received prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards in 2021. Their research aims to advance the foundations of machine intelligence, artificial intelligence, and clean energy.