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Researchers who contributed to RIT receiving nearly $103 million in sponsored research awards during the past fiscal year, including 10 faculty members who reached or surpassed $1 million this past fiscal year, were inducted into the yearly classes of PI Millionaires.

Inside Higher Ed speaks to Tony Wong, assistant professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, about the effects of cuts to research budgets on student researchers.

The Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices interviewed Loryn Johnson '20 (biotechnology and molecular biosciences), a neuroscience Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dunn is part of the Tomographic Ionized Carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), a project that is studying the early universe by mapping the emission of ionized carbon from distant galaxies.

The process combines virology and mechanobiology, two distinct areas of study that had not been explored at the same time but might prove to be a way to better understand disease progressions to intervene earlier and improve patient outcomes.

Associate Professor Michael Zemcov is a co-investigator of NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory, which will provide an all-sky spectral survey of galaxies and stars providing scientists with data never before received. SPHEREx also will explore the origin of water in planetary systems.

Rochester Business Journal speaks to Christopher Collison, Jane King Harris Endowed Professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, about RIT's AI Hub.

Self speaks to Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about reducing microplastics exposure.

Albany Times Union features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, as she discusses her analysis of early James Webb Space Telescope data.

Seattle Pi features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, as she discusses her review of early James Webb data.

RIT’s interdisciplinary collaborations enrich research across the university and beyond. Two of these collaborative projects recently received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of a total $22.6 million in grants given to support humanities projects across the nation.

Chemical & Engineering News speaks to Christopher Collison, professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, about AI affecting jobs.