RIT College of Science

What's the chemistry behind the color of fireworks? RIT College of Art and Design student Serina Lin created this animation to show you the science behind the colorful display. Enjoy the show!

Congratulations to Julia Steele, a Biotechnology & Molecular Bioscience major, our winner of the co-op reporting giveaway! Julia completed a co-op with Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year. While there, she researched the application of UV light on disease control in apples and grapes. Julia reported her co-op experience online with RIT’s Office of Career Services and Co-op and was chosen randomly to receive a gift basket, including a free RIT T-shirt! Thanks for reporting your co-op, Julia!

For the first time, scientists detected gravitational waves caused by mergers between black holes and neutron stars. RIT researchers from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration helped detect the rare events.

Amazing reunion! Dr. Paul Shipman, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences is doing research at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge and was reunited with this 90lb alligator snapping turtle after capturing it in the late '90s.

Assistant professor Tony Wong is the lead author of an article featured in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ that outlines a new modeling method to explore the relationship between the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide and surface temperature over hundreds of millions of years.

The American Physical Society has named Linda Barton, professor emeritus as the 2021 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award recipient. This award is given to honor outstanding achievement in teaching, sustaining (for at least four years), and enhancing an advanced undergraduate laboratory course or courses at U.S. institutions.

Congrats to Moumita Das, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at RIT for receiving an National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to better understand the fundamental rules that allow bacteria to compartmentalize the functions within their cells.

Today at 7pm! The Scary Truth: Drug Resistant Bacteria. Register here: https://bit.ly/37cs1ih

From RIT to John Hopkins University. Hear from RIT Biology alum, Dr. Mark Romig ’98. Register for his session at 1:30pm on Wed. Oct. 28 in our series, How’d they get there? Conversations with COS and CHST Alumni. Register today: bit.ly/2TcK3Za This series is sponsored by @RITalumni and @RITCareers departments. #RIT #RITalumni

The College of Science is being recognized for its success diversifying the university’s faculty ranks and helping to advance RIT’s overall commitment to diversity.

From RIT to breast cancer imaging research! This imaging science alumna is now pursuing her Ph.D. at UC Davis in biomedical engineering and working on breast cancer imaging research with Dr. John Boone. The imaging science program at RIT combines physics, engineering, computer science, and math into one distinctive degree that helps graduates move the world forward.

Help us win the #ROARDay challenges! We have 24 hours to win Most Alumni Gifts, Most Parent Gifts, or the Hidden RITchie Prize for Students! Check out the full list of challenges and give today. rit.edu/roarday

Don’t miss this once in a lifetime event tomorrow to hear from author, writer, activist, George M. Johnson @iamgmjohnson. Author of the book, All Boys Aren’t Blue, George will share their thoughts on race, gender, sex, and culture with the RIT community in this special Zoom event. Register here: bit.ly/37oA7UN

Join Dr. Jun Wang from the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa as he discusses new techniques that have been developed to measure properties of aerosols and fires from space providing much-needed information for air quality and climate research. Register here: bit.ly/35inMPo

High School Seniors! Let us show you what the #RIT College of #Science has to offer. Sign up for our upcoming Virtual Open House on Oct. 24th. Choose the Science, #Math, Health Professions and Medical Sciences Session here: https://bit.ly/35UZIUJ

Today at 6pm! Galapagos Islands: Tortoises, Lizards, and Penguins - Oh My! Register here: bit.ly/3dDJaCJ

Color science is an excellent fit for students with degrees in physics, chemistry, imaging science, statistics, computer science, and more. For an overview and Q&A about our MS and Ph.D. programs, join Dr. Mark Fairchild at 6pm tonight for an overview and Q&A session. Register here: https://bit.ly/36K2ufP

Reconnect with the College of Science during Tiger Alumni Week! Join us for our second event, The Scary Truth: Drug Resistant Bacteria on Thursday, October 22 (7:00 - 7:30pm). Register here: bit.ly/37cs1ih