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Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is featured on KPFA's Green Street podcast talking about her work uncovering the sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water. 

Gulf News speaks to Wael A. Samad, chair of the mechanical and industrial engineering department at RIT Dubai, about the potential application of sustainable filament beyond the academic realm.

Two RIT faculty members are building a comprehensive workforce development program in manufacturing for veterans and under-employed individuals to provide the needed skills-based training in electronics assembly.

An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.

Over the next three years, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI will welcome nine undergraduate students each summer to RIT’s campus. The site is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

The Climate and Sustainability Leadership Program brings together students across all majors to learn through campus discussions and hands-on experiences with Rochester-area partners. The goal is to create leaders in sustainability.

An essay by David Cay Johnston, Professor of Practice in the College of Liberal Arts, published by Washington Monthly.

An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Rochester Business Journal.

The global scholars program brings students from RIT’s international campuses to study for up to two terms at the Rochester campus. The experience gives students a chance to diversify their cultural perspectives, expand their academic horizons, and build their professional networks.

Forward-thinking faculty; curriculum that fuses technology, the arts, and design; and a legacy of priming students with a maker mentality helped RIT’s School of Film and Animation maintain its place on TheWrap’s list of Top 50 Film Schools of 2025.

WHEC-TV highlights how RIT is making microchips with less energy and safer chemicals.

Rochester Business Journal discusses how RIT's health sciences programs offer clinical, business, and digital health leadership skills, and how a partnership with Rochester Regional Health offers meaningful opportunities within a major regional health system. (This content will require a subscription to view.)