News by Topic: Faculty

Research is underway at RIT to create an app that will serve as a resource to help young mothers answer questions about raising a child, connect them with programs and resources, as well as foster a virtual parenting community.

Researchers from RIT and six other universities are teaming up to build synthetic neurons and a programmable network of such neurons in an effort to better understand the rules of life. The project is part of the National Science Foundation’s “Big Ideas” initiative— 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering.

WROC-TV features Hinda Mandell, associate professor in the School of Communication, and her Jewish Hearts for Pittsburgh project.

The Rochester Business Journal features David Long, director of RIT's MAGIC Center and MAGIC Spell Studios.

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 25: Not all learning does, or can, happen in a classroom. Last summer, Bolaji Thomas, professor in the College of Health Sciences and Technology, took a group of students to Nigeria to give them a firsthand look at the impact of malaria on global health. Abigail Melake, a biomedical sciences major, and Janice Fung, a biotechnology and molecular bioscience major, talk about what they learned.

Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.

Essay by Rebecca Edwards, professor of history, published by The Conversation.

Making addiction treatment and mental health services accessible to homeless people via TeleHealth is the focus of a federally funded program at RIT.

Education Dive talks to Dennis Andrejko, chair of the Department of Architecture, about RIT's plans for an online Master of Architecture degree.

The Conversation asks Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's role in the impeachment process.

The Marketplace Tech podcast features Christye Sisson, associate professor of photographic sciences.

WXXI talks to Martin Schooping, senior program manager, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about a report that shows Rochester's carbon dioxide emissions from cars have decreased since 1990.