The bad news in space this week is the little rover that could has officially pooped out on Mars. The good news is NASA announced it has set aside $242 million for a new project that could explain the mysteries ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, housed in Sustainability Institute Hall, lists nine different laboratories. But one that’s not on the list is the biggest of all – the building itself. With power or heat or both produced by a ...

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Graduate schools’ reliance on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in physics as a gateway exam might be helping to shut women and minorities out of doctoral programs, according to a statistical analysis led by scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology. ...

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A Rochester Institute of Technology scientist has won a national award designed to recognize significant contributions in physics by scientists who are underrepresented minorities. The American Physical Society plans to present Professor Carlos Lousto with the 2019 Edward A. Bouchet ...

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It’s a little like the space race, and a piece of it is going on at Rochester Institute of Technology this week. Starting Wednesday, RIT will host a three-day workshop on quantum technology, attempting to advance the field by harnessing ...

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Scientist John Seely Brown, who has explored the intersection of disciplines and helps others do the same, will be RIT’s 2019 keynote commencement speaker May 10. Brown was chief scientist at Xerox Corp. and director of the Xerox Palo Alto ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology has won $1.5 million in the latest round of competitive funding from the Empire State Development Council. The grant will upgrade the university’s Genomics Research Lab Cluster, helping it expand research, technology transfer and talent development ...

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More than 500 high school students will descend on Rochester Institute of Technology Thursday to compete in a regional scholastic business competition. The NYS Region 10 DECA competition will bring students from 10 schools in Monroe County, three from Genesee ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology opens a new gallery in downtown Rochester tonight (Friday, Dec. 7) with an exhibit featuring two of its stellar artists. The RIT City Art Space is in Sibley Square at Liberty Plaza and its first exhibit ...

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Genesee Community College has recently completed articulation agreements that pave the way for students at the community college to move into four different bachelor’s degree programs at Rochester Institute of Technology and Alfred State College. The four programs are just the ...

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You might call it Hollywood East. Or the Big Apple North. But the dozens of people who turned out for the grand opening Tuesday call the new building at Rochester Institute of Technology the MAGIC Spell Studios. The 52,000-square-foot, $31 ...

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Two green projects at local universities that won $1 million state grants this week didn’t come out of the blue. Rochester Institute of Technology’s plan to automate ventilation in its Golisano Institute for Sustainability depending on classroom occupancy, for example, ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester both won $1 million grants in a statewide college competition to develop energy saving and sustainability projects. Suffolk County Community College on Long Island won the third prize offered in the ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology is bringing the creator the syndicated cartoon “Rubes” to campus for a week as part of its efforts to bring more creativity and innovation to its instruction. Leigh Rubin, creator of “Rubes,” will be the first ...

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You won’t find Deborah Stendardi’s name on the buildings at Rochester Institute of Technology. She’s not listed on the mastheads of various centers and institutes at the university. But her imprint is just about everywhere in Brick City, playing a ...

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