News by Topic: Research
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December 1, 2014
New technology could reshape space telescopes
Scientists at RIT and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture made of swarms of particles released from a canister. -
November 10, 2014
Sponsored Research garners $52.7M in funding
RIT received a record 410 new awards in the fiscal year 2014 from a variety of state, federal, corporate and foundation sponsors. -
November 6, 2014
College of Science seeks to launch $1M endowment
The Fred L. Emerson Foundation has offered a $250,000 challenge grant contingent upon RIT raising the remaining $750,000. The fund would support undergraduate research. -
October 10, 2014
RIT team working to alleviate grape disease
Professor Michael Savka and alumnus Han Ming Gan are close to completing the genetic blueprint of grape crown gall tumor disease, which impacts vineyards worldwide. -
September 9, 2014
RIT ranked among best regional universities
RIT is recognized in several categories for educational quality and value in the 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges. -
August 13, 2014
RIT to study environmental impact of nanomaterials
Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences are the recipients of a $300,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. -
July 22, 2014
RIT hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium Aug. 8
More than 180 undergraduate students will showcase their projects at the 23rd annual RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. -
July 10, 2014
RIT astronomers help find star ‘necklace’
RIT scientists helped analyze data from the Hubble Space Telescope that could reveal rare insights about elliptical galaxies. -
July 2, 2014
Access technology exhibitors win conference awards
Three exhibitors from the RIT conference on Effective Access Technology received awards for their innovative ideas that could benefit people with disabilities. -
June 30, 2014
RIT named ‘Research Affiliate Member of the Year’
MedTech Association, a membership-based trade association for the bioscience and medical technology industry, recently honored RIT at its annual member’s dinner. -
June 12, 2014
Imaging software helps diagnose lung cancer
Nathan Cahill, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, is creating algorithms to quantify the growth of lung nodules in patients at risk of lung cancer. -
June 11, 2014
Professor questions standard model of the universe
David Merritt co-authored a study poking holes in the current understanding of galaxy formation and questioning the accepted model of the origin and evolution of the universe.