Research at RIT
The world needs collaborative, original thinkers and doers who seek out the globe’s most pressing problems. Research fuels creativity and ingenuity. At RIT, we create the tools, processes, and systems that will make things better than they are—bringing goodness to the world.
$78M
Sponsored research awards in 2018 fiscal year
(up from $54 million in 2014)
740
Research proposals submitted in 2018 fiscal year
(up from 664 in 2014)
94
Current researchers who have achieved $1 million or more in funding since 2000
Key Research Centers and Institutes
- AMPrint (Center for Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing)
- Battery Prototyping Center
- Center for Bioscience Education and Technology
- Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
- Center for Detectors
- Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI)
- Center for Imaging Science
- Center for Public Safety Initiatives
- Image Permanence Institute
- Golisano Institute for Sustainability
- Global Cybersecurity Institute
- MAGIC Center (Media, Arts, Games, Innovation and Creativity)
- New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
Corporate Relations
RIT is one of the top universities in the nation working at the intersection of technology, the arts, and design with close ties to industry and alumni.
Latest Research News
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December 12, 2019
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RIT and IAR observe pulsars for the first time from South America
A team from RIT and the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (IAR) upgraded two radio telescopes in Argentina that lay dormant for 15 years in order to study pulsars, rapidly rotating neutron stars with intense magnetic fields that emit notably in radio wavelengths. The project is outlined in a new paper published in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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November 20, 2019
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RIT Office of Graduate Education prepares for a changing campus climate
A graduate culture is taking root at RIT with more Ph.D. students on the main campus than ever before, and the Office of Graduate Education is building on the momentum.
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November 18, 2019
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Researchers prepare rocket for launch
A team of RIT researchers is helping launch an experiment above the atmosphere to better understand extragalactic background light, which traces the history of galaxies back to the formation of the first stars in the universe.
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November 8, 2019
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RIT conducts clinical trial on metabolic syndrome
RIT is seeking individuals diagnosed with metabolic syndrome to participate in a national clinical trial. The study will evaluate a wellness program designed to reverse conditions leading to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and stroke.
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November 8, 2019
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New study suggests ‘Pac-Man-like’ mergers could explain massive, spinning black holes
Scientists have reported detecting gravitational waves from 10 black hole mergers to date, but they are still trying to explain the origins of those mergers. The largest merger detected so far seems to have defied previous models because it has a higher spin and mass than the range thought possible. A group of researchers, including RIT Assistant Professor Richard O’Shaughnessy, has created simulations that could explain how the merger happened.
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November 5, 2019
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RIT researchers working to build the basis of life
WROC-TV talks to Moumita Das, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about her work with neurons and an NSF-funded project to build synthetic neurons.
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October 31, 2019
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Research at RIT aims to build neurons from scratch
WXXI talks to Moumita Das, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about her work with neurons and an NSF-funded project to build synthetic neurons.
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October 28, 2019
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An innovative approach to helping the homeless
The Rochester Beacon talks to Caroline Easton, professor in RIT’s School of Behavioral Health Sciences, about a new program to help the homeless with opioid addiction and mental illness.
