News by Topic: Research

Over the next three years, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI will welcome nine undergraduate students each summer to RIT’s campus. The site is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

The Red Spider Nebula, named for its distinct shape, can now be seen clearer than ever thanks to work by RIT scientists.

Emily Bernal and her colleagues at RIT’s Image Permanence Institute are dedicated to helping museums, libraries, and archives adopt more eco-friendly methods for managing climate control systems.

Self-healing materials are being developed by RIT researchers to further improve additive manufacturing, specifically 3D-printed products, to make them stronger and more resilient.

A new project funded by the National Institutes of Health is using artificial intelligence to map the full journey of illnesses and discover entirely new disease pathways.

Researchers have identified an AED that includes visual and text prompts, making it accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing users and those not familiar with the English language.

Today’s audio devices are sophisticated, but some underperform in noisy or distracting environments. To address these challenges, Hwan Shim and his research group developed a prototype headset to provide neurofeedback information.

The creation of five new endowed professorships, together valued at $15 million, was announced Sept. 26 during the inauguration of the university’s 11th president, Bill Sanders.

RIT’s Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellowship Program supports students who explore entrepreneurial ideas while earning a college degree.

A Rochester and Finger Lakes region coalition that includes researchers from RIT has been named a finalist for the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program.

Satellites, planes, drones, canoes, and more were deployed at RIT’s Tait Preserve for ROCX 2025, an open-community, major data-collection experiment.

The field station will be open and available to all departments across the RIT community and allow for researchers to remain on-site instead of having to always move research materials between the preserve and the main campus.