Institute News
Breadcrumb
- RIT/
- Golisano Institute for Sustainability/
- Institute News
-
April 17, 2020
Multidisciplinary project studies degradable mulching films
A federal grant matched by New York state and RIT is enabling university researchers to study a competitive solution to polyethylene mulch and identify a more sustainable alternative to conventionally used plastics in farming.
-
April 14, 2020
Pollution Prevention Institute’s Community Grants Program accepting 2020-21 applications
The Community Grants Program is part of the NYSP2I’s ongoing efforts to continue improving the health and environmental quality of New York state. Eligible applicants are invited to apply for funding to support community-based projects that promote public awareness, understanding and implementation of pollution-prevention practices
-
April 9, 2020
RIT brings expertise to bear on medical device needs
Rochester Business Journal talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about a prototype for an emergency portable ventilator.
-
April 6, 2020
RIT leads regional response to ventilator shortage, creating prototype to aid coronavirus fight
RIT is leading an effort involving local companies and healthcare experts to produce a prototype ventilator designed to help meet the continuing surge of respiratory cases as a result of the coronavirus.
-
March 20, 2020
Masks, Gowns, Vents: Where To Get Them
Forbes talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about manufacturers shifting production to medical supplies.
-
March 12, 2020
RIT hosts remanufacturing workshop with the REMADE Institute
RIT's Golisano Institute for Sustainability co-hosted an innovative, half-day workshop with the REMADE Institute and Empire State Development.
-
March 4, 2020
What’s Old Can Be New Again for Businesses
The New York Times talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and Michael Thurston, research faculty in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about remanufacturing and privacy concerns.
-
March 3, 2020
Why Sustainability and Remanufacturing Matter
Dr. Nabil Nasr, associate provost at the Rochester Institute of Technology and director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, shares what he knows about remanufacturing.
-
February 21, 2020
How to achieve sustainability through manufacturing innovation
In a recent column for the Rochester Business Journal, Dr. Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, reminds us that sustainability is about more than switching to clean energy—it means addressing our planet's limited store of resources by rethinking manufacturing from the ground up.
-
February 14, 2020
Researching food waste
Tourism has surged in Croatia in recent years, bringing with it direct economic benefits but also challenging the preservation of the natural systems that make the Adriatic Coast region so attractive to visitors. Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, is using a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to study sustainable solutions addressing the growing challenge of food waste management along Croatia’s Adriatic Coast.
-
February 5, 2020
How the REMADE Institute hopes to reshape manufacturing with recycling in mind
Waste Dive talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost, founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and CEO of the Reducing EMbodied-Energy And Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute, about REMADE's efforts to reduce energy usage and carbon emissions in manufacturing.
-
January 21, 2020
Professor Callie Babbitt on the Intersection Between Sustainability and the Bottom Line
Dr. Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Department of Sustainability and the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, joined MarketScale’s Daniel Litwin for a conversation regarding both Babbitt’s CES 2020 panel and wider themes in the world of sustainability.