Lewis Named Fellow to American Vacuum Society

Jay Lewis, director of emerging electronics technologies at RTI International, was named a fellow of the American Vacuum Society for his contributions to the development of nanostructured optoelectronic devices.

RTI Receives Grants from Gates Foundation

The Durham-based research institute RTI International has received additional grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for work on a competitive toilet development project.

RTI director selected for second-term task force role

Lisa Greene, director of micro-analytical sciences at RTI International, has been selected for a second term as a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Air Quality Task Force.

RTI Research Division Acquired

An agriculture-oriented research division of the Durham-based nonprofit research institute RTI International has been acquired by the publicly traded chemical company FMC Corp

RTI Scientist Inducted in Hall of Fame

Mansukh Wani, emeritus principal scientist at RTI International, was inducted into the American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame for his contributions to medicinal chemistry.

RTI Senior Program Director Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Robert Bray, senior program director of substance abuse epidemiology and military behavioral health at RTI International, has received the John C. Flanagan Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association.

RTI scientist to serve as chair of NIH section

Eric Johnson, a senior research scientist at RTI International, has been selected to serve as chair of the Behavioral Genetics and Epidemiology Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health.

NC Defense Business Asso. Adds Board Member

Richard Brewer, a senior manager in business development at RTI International, has been elected to the board of directors for the N.C. Defense Business Association.

RTI Forensic Research Scientist Honored

John Collins, forensic science policy and management advisor at Durham's RTI International, has received the 2013 Briggs J. White Award for excellence in forensic sciences management.

RTI Executive Receives Achievement Lifetime Award

Josephine Mauskopf, vice president of health economics at RTI Health Solutions, a business unit of RTI International, received the 2013 Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

Schwehm Promoted to RTI VP

Philip Schwehm has been promoted to vice president of RTI International’s Governance and Economic Development Division

RTI Lands $96 Million Project

RTI International, a Durham nonprofit research institute, has been awarded a $96 million contract with the Australian Agency for International Development. The contract is for work to strengthen public policy research and research institutions in Indonesia.

RTI Awarded $5.4 Million Grant

Researchers from Durham's RTI International were awarded a two-year $5.4 million grant from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development to help children in rural Kenya learn to read and do math.

RTI spin-off acquired

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, a technology company spun off by RTI International, the nonprofit contract research institute based in the Research Triangle Park, has been acquired by Laird Technologies, a designer and supplier of electronics components and systems.

RTI scientist elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

Leslie Greenwald, a chief scientist at RTI International, has been elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance for her work in Medicare program and payment system evaluation. Election to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a social insurance professional.

RTI Fellow Promoted to Senior Fellow

Jeremy Bray, a health economist at RTI International, has been promoted from RTI fellow to senior fellow by President Wayne Holden.

RTI to Acquire California-based Education Research Firm

Durham-based RTI International has reached an agreement to acquire Berkeley, Calif.-based MPR Associates Inc., an education research and consulting firm that has about 80 staff members with backgrounds in the social sciences, public policy, teaching and technology.

RTI president appointed to United Way board

RTI International’s president and CEO E. Wayne Holden has been appointed to United Way of the Greater Triangle’s Board of Directors.

RTI International Awarded $1.3M Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded RTI International a $1.3 million grant to develop a waterless toilet that doesn’t require sewers or electricity for use in developing nations to improve public health.

RTI International Names Director

RTI International named Michele "Mikki" Leach as the director of mergers and acquisitions.