RIT holds data hackathon April 13-15
Rochester Institute of Technology is hosting its second annual data hackathon for undergraduate students in the Rochester area. DataFest, a national event sponsored by the American Statistical...
View ArticleRIT student Nicole Pannullo named 2018 Goldwater Scholar
A student at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Nicole Pannullo, is among 211 undergraduates from across the nation to be recognized as Barry Goldwater...
View ArticleRIT researcher develops new solar sailing technology for NASA
Spacecraft outfitted with sails and propelled by the sun are no longer the stuff of science fiction or theoretical space missions. Now, a Rochester Institute of Technology researcher is taking solar...
View ArticleRIT Observatory focuses on Mars July 20, Aug. 3
The Rochester Institute of Technology Observatory will hold two open house events this summer focused on Mars. The public is invited to view the Red Planet with the observatory's telescopes from 9:30...
View ArticleGalaxy outskirts likely hunting grounds for dying massive stars and black holes
Findings from a Rochester Institute of Technology study provide further evidence that the outskirts of spiral galaxies host massive black holes. These overlooked regions are new places to observe...
View ArticleRIT wins collaborative NSF award to improve STEM ecosystem
Rochester Institute of Technology is helping to build a national network for improving access to graduate education for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics....
View ArticleComputer simulation follows light to supermassive black holes
The hunt is on for orbiting pairs of supermassive black holes on the verge of collision. Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have built the first simulation that could lead scientists to...
View ArticleRIT leads multi-university collaboration to simulate neutron star mergers
Rochester Institute of Technology is advancing computer simulations to predict, for the first time, the complete cycle of neutron stars merging with other neutron stars or black holes. These extreme...
View ArticleElephant trunks form joints to pick up small objects; research could...
Understanding how elephants use their trunks to pick up small objects could lead to robots designed with flexible hands or grippers, according to a new study that includes Rochester Institute of...
View ArticleRIT alumni recognized for outstanding research on black holes
Rochester Institute of Technology's Office for Graduate Education recently celebrated groundbreaking research on black holes by two alumni at the annual Graduate Alumni Awards reception on Friday,...
View ArticleRIT collaborates on multi-university research exploring the quantum world
A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher is building a theoretical framework to predict how nanoparticles made of graphene, silica and rare-earth compounds behave when suspended within the...
View ArticleRIT Observatory open house Dec. 7
The Rochester Institute of Technology Observatory will hold its final open house of the year for stargazers hoping to catch sight of a comet. The public is invited to use the observatory's telescopes...
View ArticleRIT hosts quantum workshop Jan. 23-25
An international conference on quantum science and technology is expected to draw hundreds of leaders in the field to Rochester Institute of Technology in January in response to a congressional...
View ArticleNew York backs RIT's life science initiative to upgrade Genomics Research Lab...
Rochester Institute of Technology has received $1.5 million from New York state to equip its Genomics Research Lab Cluster, a suite of laboratories aimed at expanding industrial partnerships,...
View ArticleRIT Professor Carlos Lousto recognized as outstanding physicist diversifying...
The American Physical Society (APS) is recognizing Rochester Institute of Technology's Carlos Lousto for significant contributions to physics research and the advancement of underrepresented minority...
View ArticleRIT to collaborate with Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía to study...
Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) and Insituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (IAR) are beginning new systematic pulsar timing studies....
View ArticleThe GRE fails to identify students that will graduate and hurts diversity,...
Researchers are urging universities across the United States to find a new way to identify the next generation of scientists. A new study discovered that traditional admissions metrics for physics...
View ArticleRIT faculty part of NASA's $242 million SPHEREx mission
A Rochester Institute of Technology professor is part of a small team of scientists contributing to NASA's new mission to explore the origins of the universe by performing the first near-infrared...
View ArticleRIT Assistant Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe appointed leader of the Cosmic...
Rochester Institute of Technology's Jeyhan Kartaltepe is assuming leadership of a team of more than 200 scientists worldwide collaborating to study how galaxies are influenced by both their...
View ArticleLeaders in drone technology to converge at RIT for STRATUS conference
Worldwide experts in unmanned aerial systems from industry, academia and government will land at Rochester Institute of Technology for the Systems and Technologies for the Remote Sensing Applications...
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