News by Topic: Research

Vogue Business highlights research at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability that is developing automated systems using AI and robotics to disassemble garments and enable large-scale textile recycling. (This content will require a subscription to view.)

RIT has launched a new decade-long strategic framework that will guide the university’s priorities, investments, inspiration, and aspirations through 2035.

In an article for The Conversation, imaging science Ph.D. student Sagar Lekhak explains how using drones, sensor data, and AI can make detecting land mines safer and more efficient.

The Washington Post features an essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor in RIT's Department of Political Science. The essay was originally published by The Conversation.

In an article for The Conversation, Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, compares past and current reactions from Congress when a U.S. president unilaterally declares war.

A 2024 trip to Ghana by RIT faculty is shaping a new United Nations environmental report challenging e-waste assumptions.

The Tech Policy Press podcast interviews Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, and Albert Fox Cahn about their new book, Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation.

Government Technology highlights Grammar Laboratory, a tool developed by Erin Finton, lecturer for RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The tool makes English grammar practice more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

RIT Professor Zhongwang Dou recently received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for a five-year project to detail how blood flow within an aneurysm is affected by movement, and how physical exercise might affect the risk of aneurysm rupture.

Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about his perspective on the issues shaping higher education in the year ahead.

Republic World reports on RIT’s HAUNT framework, which tests how large language models respond to misinformation.

Imaging science Ph.D. student Muhammad Akif Qadeer has been awarded the 2025 Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship from the Optica Foundation. The award is given to one student each year who shows potential in precision optics manufacturing and lens design.