Environmental Studies and Sustainability News

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.

Bioengineer cites a study about the effects of increased electric truck weights on the road co-authored by Zilin Bian, assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety.

Four RIT alumni and former student-athletes have turned locker-room bonds and an entrepreneurial drive into a growing company.

RIT architecture Professor Amanda Reis and students designed and built the ‘Peace Pavilion’ at Bethel Woods for BuildFest 2: Peace Rises.

Sherralyn Sneezer, a Ph.D. candidate at RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has been selected as a 2025 Quad Fellow. She joins a cohort of 37 students focused on applying science and technology to pressing global problems.

ASCE speaks to concrete canoe team club captain Leah Mestayer, a third-year civil engineering technology student, and Lois Furioso, team adviser and adjunct faculty member, about earning RIT's highest placement at the Upstate New York-Canada Student Conference in nearly two decades.

RIT students Mathew Kiptum Kipruto and Afrid Shaik talk with WhatTheyThink about the value of participating in student chapter presentations at the recent TAGA Next-Gen Conference.

Helping her father with small renovation projects eventually led Autumn Howard to connecting her skills in that area with interior design and architecture aspirations, which she is fulfilling at RIT through the 4+2 BFA/M.Arch pathway.

Tunmise Raji came to RIT with a vision to harness technology for global good. He’s leaving prepared to advance energy solutions for underserved communities.

Hannah DeFelice’s research at RIT focused on how to improve animal welfare. The same research now takes her to Cornell University this fall to pursue her doctoral degree in biogeochemistry, the study of how living things interact with the physical and chemical environment.

Anna Valentine ’17 (packaging science) is acquiring a rich package of skills as a principal scientist on the Research and Development Breakthrough Development team at Keurig Dr Pepper.

Lia Grammer and Julia Carreras found that juggling the logistics of a major student conference in the middle of a busy academic season is proving to be both exciting and challenging.