Institute News

  • July 13, 2017

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    Remanufacturing group honors Nabil Nasr

    The Remanufacturing Industries Council has honored Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, with its ACE Award—given to an inspiring person recognized for leadership in creating positive change for the remanufacturing industry and sustainability.

  • June 26, 2017

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    World Remanufacturing Conference convenes at RIT

    Nearly 150 industry leaders from around the world gathered at RIT June 21-22 for the RIC-RIT World Remanufacturing Conference, receiving the latest briefings on best practices, emerging trends and issues of critical importance to the manufacturing industry.

  • May 19, 2017

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    10 projects win Community Grants Program awards

    The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute has announced awardees of its 2017-18 Community Grants Program as part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to continue improving the health and environmental quality of New York state.

  • April 27, 2017

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    Glimpse into the future of digital manufacturing

    Visitors to the Imagine RIT festival can get a glimpse of what’s in store on the manufacturing horizon when they stop by the fourth floor of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. They will be able to take home their own personalized souvenir of the festival’s 10th year.

  • April 20, 2017

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    RIT’s Nasr honored for engineering distinction

    Nabil Z. Nasr, associate provost for academic affairs and founding director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has been honored for a lifetime of engineering distinction and leadership by the Rochester Engineering Society.

  • January 16, 2017

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    RIT named core partner of new robotics institute

    RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability is a core academic partner in a new advanced robotics manufacturing institute announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on Jan. 13. The Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub is the 14th Manufacturing USA institute announced and seventh for RIT.

  • January 9, 2017

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    Researcher presents at Consumer Electronics Show

    Callie Babbitt, associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, presented the initial results of a comprehensive materials baseline study for all consumer electronics sold into the U.S. market for the past 25 years at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7.

  • January 4, 2017

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    RIT to lead new Manufacturing USA Institute

    Golisano Institute for Sustainability was selected today by the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Manufacturing USA initiative, to lead its new Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute.

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