Research News
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January 31, 2014
Professor joins astronomy society
Stefi Baum was elected chair-elect in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Astronomy. -
January 27, 2014
RIT professor named lecturer at Yale
David Merritt, professor in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, was named this year’s Boris Garfinkel Lecturer at Yale University. -
December 12, 2013
Professor speaks at astrophysics symposium
RIT was represented at a symposium celebrating 50 years of relativistic astrophysics and research exploring quasars, black holes, exploding stars and colliding galaxies. -
December 11, 2013
Imaging science student wins ‘best paper’
Graduate student Saugata Sinha won Best Student Paper at the 2013 IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop for his work on detecting thyroid cancer. -
November 21, 2013
RIT gets grant for extreme black hole research
RIT scientists are on the hunt for clues about the early universe—with support from the National Science Foundation—to someday verify Einstein’s theory of general relativity. -
November 20, 2013
RIT hosts image processing workshop Friday
Scientists from around the region will share their image-processing research at the Western New York Image Processing Workshop in Louise M. Slaughter Hall on Nov. 22. -
November 8, 2013
Biochemistry student wins fellowship
Tessa DiDonato was awarded an American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship. -
October 10, 2013
Imaging science student studies vast universe
Kim Kolb, a graduate student in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, shared findings about an imaging system that could bring clearer vision to space missions.
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October 3, 2013
Imaging scientist to address Optical Society
Associate professor Jie Qiao will present “WiSTEE: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Entrepreneurship” at the Minorities and Women in OSA Networking Reception. -
September 26, 2013
RIT scientist explores the centers of galaxies
Astrophysicist David Merritt summarizes his theoretical research on galactic nuclei in his textbook Dynamics and Evolution of Galactic Nuclei. -
September 9, 2013
RIT, URMC partner on cancer screening technology
RIT’s Navalgund Rao is working on photoacoustic imaging, a hybrid technique that combines light and ultrasound waves, to detect prostate and thyroid cancers. -
July 26, 2013
Professor named to journal editorial board
David Messinger was invited to join the editorial board for Optical Engineering, the journal of the International Society for Optics and Photonics.