News
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April 3, 2018
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RIT holds data hackathon April 13-15
DataFest, a national event sponsored by the American Statistical Association, will take place at RIT from April 13 to 15. Student teams will have 48 hours to mine a complex data set pertaining to a real-world problem, then find the best solution. -
March 29, 2018
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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 20, 2018
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‘U.S. News’ ranks RIT among best graduate schools - 2019 edition
Six RIT graduate programs are among the best in the nation, with several on the rise according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. -
February 16, 2018
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Alumnus inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
Steven Van Slyke ’88 (materials science) has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for co-inventing the organic light-emitting diode, or OLED. -
February 15, 2018
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Student Spotlight: Secrets to success
Meet Elise Walsh, a highly active biotechnology and molecular bioscience major and 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar. -
February 14, 2018
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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. -
December 18, 2017
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Alumnae write, illustrate children’s book for shark lovers
Tamra Werner '91 wrote and Ann McFee '15 illustrated ‘Koli’s Birthday Adventure: Koli the Great White Shark. A book signing will be held at Barnes & Noble @ RIT on Dec. 23. -
December 6, 2017
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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. -
November 14, 2017
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STEAM competition to solve public safety problems
The RIT Center for Public Safety Initiatives is hosting a contest to encourage interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty to develop ways public safety problems can be helped with the use of solutions involving science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM). -
October 30, 2017
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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.
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October 16, 2017
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RIT researchers part of breakthrough discovery
RIT researchers played a significant role in an international announcement today that has changed the future of astrophysics. The breakthrough discovery of colliding neutron stars marks the first time both gravitational waves and light have been detected from the same cosmic collision. -
October 12, 2017
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RIT hosts Hockey Analytics Conference Oct. 21
The latest research in analytics for college and professional hockey—and for sports in general—will be explored at the third annual RIT Hockey Analytics Conference on Oct. 21.
