Health Professions and Medical Sciences News

Learn about the natural world on a molecular level. Find out how biotechnologists are confronting challenges in the real world.

The coronavirus canceled Professor John Oliphant’s international travel plans and led to an unexpected opportunity to help a local health system manage the impact of COVID-19 on its hospital workforce.

Find out how blending biology and computer science brings bioinformaticians to the forefront of research and discovery.

How are new viruses discovered? Who develops the vaccines and treatments for those in need of a cure? Find out how a biochemist makes an impact during real-life situations.

RIT graduate programs are among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News annual statistical survey of graduate programs. RIT master’s degree programs in engineering, business and fine arts feature in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 edition of Best Graduate Schools, released in March, including the first specialty ranking of the university’s business analytics master’s program.

Many RIT faculty, students, staff and alumni are among the collaborations here and across the nation, providing expertise to improve or create much-needed equipment and protective gear for medical personnel fighting the Coronavirus.

WHEC-TV talks to RIT trustee and 2009 alumnus Austin McChord, founder and CEO of Datto.

The annual festival, now in its 13th year, is a showcase day for RIT. But Imagine RIT isn’t just a one-day celebration. Every day, RIT students, faculty and staff are working to pair technology, art and design in ways that move the world forward.

A mural competition held by RIT Libraries has added a little pizazz to two study rooms on the third-floor of Wallace Library. RIT Libraries staff picked College of Art and Design students Nevada Scott’s and Juho Choi’s designs from 24 submissions.

While interested in science, Alexandria Shumway had never heard of bioinformatics before attending RIT. But after branching out and trying a new major, she discovered it was the perfect fit.

Saler, a miniature donkey, received new, 3D-printed shoes this past weekend at Karen and Bob Pinkney’s Wychmere Farms in Ontario, N.Y.  RIT biomedical engineering students were among the unlikely team brought together to help the 9-month-old little donkey whose tendons did not develop properly in his front legs.

At the end of her first year at RIT, Nicole Cavanaugh began working for the Hudson Lab. Today, she works as a research apprentice at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute where she is preparing for her Ph.D.