News by Topic: Faculty

Black oak, crabapple, crimson maple—a color scientist finds inspiration in the woods in the new book Munsell Trees: A Season of Leaves and Colors, published by RIT Press.

Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, published by the Rochester Business Journal. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

The Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about food waste and food insecurity.

RIT achieved a significant milestone by receiving $102 million in sponsored research awards during the past fiscal year, surpassing a key goal in its strategic plan a year ahead of schedule.

WXXI interviews Seth Hubbard and Ahmad Kirmani about RIT being selected to lead U.S. Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 research.

The 21st cohort of RIT’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program was welcomed to campus Sept. 25-28. The program invites exceptional underrepresented researchers and artists to experience what it would be like to be a faculty member at RIT.

Spectrum News reports that RIT was awarded nearly $10 million in funding to lead research for the U.S. Space Force around advanced space power and propulsion.

Rochester Beacon interviews Seth Hubbard and Ahmad Kirmani about RIT being selected to lead U.S. Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 research.

RIT Assistant Professor Nourridine Siewe has received a $500,000 National Institute of General Medical Sciences Support for Research Excellence – First Award for his work in mathematical models of obesity-induced Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and chronic wound healing.

WROC-TV interviews Associate Professor Parsian Katal Mohseni about RIT receiving $1.5 million in federal funding to get more semiconductor and microelectronics workers out into the world.

Saunders College of Business Professors Chun-Keung “Stan” Hoi and Sean Hansen were installed as endowed professors during a Sept. 26 ceremony.

Rochester Business Journal talks with Seth Hubbard, professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about RIT being selected to lead U.S. Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 research.