News by Topic: Partnerships
Cooperation brings out the best in us, and that’s no different at the university level. RIT is proud to partner with multiple companies and fellow universities to find novel breakthroughs in technology and create exciting new experiences for students.
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July 21, 2025
Studio 930 students create assistive solutions for real-world challenges
The interdisciplinary and collaborative Studio 930 program asks students to apply what they know, learn what they don’t, and design products that make life, or a single task, more efficient and accessible.
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July 17, 2025
App blends history, technology, and student talent in new tourism initiative
The Finger Lakes Virtual Museum app is a digital storytelling platform that combines historical content with technology to create immersive visitor experiences.
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June 27, 2025
RIT researchers continue to explore the universe during JWST Cycle 4
Numerous members of the RIT community will participate in exploring the universe during the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) fourth cycle, set to begin in early July.
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June 18, 2025
RIT plays big role in new black hole discoveries
RIT scientists were involved in a published paper about new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes, or black holes with masses between 100 and 100,000 times the mass of the sun.
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June 17, 2025
Rochester-area collaboration drives global scientific progress: LLE and RIT look to unlock the secrets of extreme matter using AI/ML
A collaboration between RIT's Machine Learning and Data Intensive Computing (Mining) Lab and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was featured in LLE in Focus Issue 6. Qi Yu, professor in RIT's School of Information, and computing and information sciences Ph.D. students are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to research in high-energy density (HED) physics.
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June 12, 2025
Check out this interactive map of the early universe, considered largest ever created
USA Today features Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe and the COSMOS-Web team. The international research group publicly released the largest look ever at the universe.
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June 11, 2025
‘The urgency of this moment is upon us’: Takeaways from the first NY Workforce Connect
Syracuse.com reports on the NY Workforce Connect conference, where workforce development leaders—including Chris Harris, assistant vice president of Government and Community Relations—discussed the challenges and opportunities ahead for the semiconductor industry.
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June 10, 2025
RIT blends brutalist roots with modern learning design
Rochester Business Journal features Jacqueline Mozrall, dean of Saunders College of Business, speaking about the combination of brutalist architecture and modern renovations of Max Lowenthal Hall.
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June 10, 2025
Largest-ever map of the universe reveals 800,000 galaxies
Earth.com reports on the COSMOS-Web data release, co-led by Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, which reveals the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever.
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June 9, 2025
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
The Register interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about the COSMOS-Web data release.
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June 6, 2025
NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured
ABC News interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, about COSMOS-Web. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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June 5, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe
Space.com interviews Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe about COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web.