Research News
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October 14, 2015
RIT scientists featured in APS's nod to Einstein
RIT scientists' paper was included in the American Physical Society's "2015-General Relativity's Centennial" collection celebrating the theory of general relativity. -
October 9, 2015
RIT contributes to gravitational wave detection
The scientific community is on the cusp of detecting gravitational waves, or “ripples in the fabric of the universe,” due in part to the work of RIT researchers. -
September 22, 2015
$500,000 earned to study deaf/hearing interactions
An RIT/NTID research team has earned a $500,000 grant to study how hearing, hard of hearing and deaf STEM students communicate and understand common subject material. -
August 14, 2015
Project SEED cultivates young scientists
The American Chemical Society Project SEED Program is a 10-week summer research program for economically disadvantaged high school students. -
August 6, 2015
Professor co-chairs international conference
Jie Qiao is the general co-chair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X in Beijing. The biennial event is expected to draw 200 scientists from 20 countries. -
July 22, 2015
Professor explores extended galactic disks
Astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti is refining her technique to uncover dwarf galaxies and understand dark matter by simulating the evolutionary histories of galactic disks. -
July 2, 2015
RIT and University of Tokyo form partnership
RIT signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tokyo to facilitate the exchange of students and faculty and to increase collaborative research activities. -
June 22, 2015
Students win Geospatial Intelligence Hackathon
Briana Neuberger and Dan Simon developed a model for the transmission of Ebola in West Africa that could extend to other scenarios and geographies. -
June 22, 2015
Turning up the volume on prostate cancer
Professor Hans Schmitthenner is designing molecular imaging compounds that will target prostate cancer cells and light them up with contrast dyes. -
June 18, 2015
Student’s interview makes Reddit front page
Kevin Sacca made social networking website Reddit’s front page on June 16 with his “Ask Me Anything,” or AMA, about multispectral imaging of historical documents. -
May 26, 2015
Pistol Star gets a stamp of approval
A set of British postal stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope includes a star detected by RIT Professor Don Figer nearly 20 years ago. -
May 26, 2015
Professors win awards for video vignettes
College of Science professors Robert Teese, L. Kate Wright and Dina Newman were recognized in the National Science Foundation 2015 Teaching and Learning Video Showcase.