News

  • November 9, 2016

    Pictures of old pieces of paper

    Professor images diaries of 19th-century explorer

    Multispectral imaging technology continues to recover new insights from the field diaries of 19th-century explorer David Livingstone. A team of scholars and scientists, including RIT Professor Roger Easton, will present their research in the United Kingdom in November.

  • November 9, 2016

    Picture of Observatory

    Professor collaborates on new astronomical camera

    RIT professor Michael Richmond is a visiting professor for the fall term at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for the Early Universe and is working on a new type of astronomical camera for the 105-centimeter Kiso Schmidt Telescope at the Kiso Observatory in Japan.

  • November 4, 2016

    Scientists posing in front of observatory

    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 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.

  • September 27, 2016

    RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant

    The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program.