Institute News
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April 27, 2017
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
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. -
February 1, 2017
New Institute to Improve Competitiveness of US Manufacturing
The REMADE Institute will leverage up to $70 million in federal funding to focus its efforts on driving down the cost of technologies essential to reuse, recycle, and remanufacture materials.
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January 16, 2017
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
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
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. -
November 21, 2016
Ph.D. in sustainability—Xue Wang
Wang is a project coordinator on the advisory team at Underwriters Laboratories’ Northbrook campus in Chicago. The 122-year-old company’s business unit helps manufacturers capture value for their sustainability efforts. -
October 21, 2016
RIT helps Rochester celebrate Italian Cultural Day
RIT joined local dignitaries and community members in the atrium of City Hall on Thursday, when Rochester celebrated its first Italian Cultural Day. -
October 12, 2016
RIT again ranked among leading green colleges
RIT is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review. The university is featured in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 361 Green Colleges. -
October 5, 2016
RIT gets $1M grant to develop food waste solutions
Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received a nearly $1 million award from the National Science Foundation to research sustainable solutions for minimizing and managing food waste generated across the food supply chain. -
September 27, 2016
Hundreds of employers seek students at annual fall Career Fair
Nearly 250 employing organizations and hundreds of recruiter representatives seeking RIT students and graduates are attending the Fall 2016 Career Fair Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gordon Field House. -
June 21, 2016
RIT joins Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
The Golisano Institute for Sustainability is part of a winning coalition named by President Obama to head up an initiative designed to bolster advanced manufacturing.