RIT is a leader in groundbreaking sustainability research, teaching, and engagement. The RIT campus works as a living laboratory for sustainable technologies, practices, and philosophies within the built and natural environment.
Statistics
13k
Solar panels installed on campus
74%
Academic departments that offer sustainability-related courses
21
Charging stations on campus
8
Years RIT has been listed in Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges
35
Tons of material saved from the landfill through Goodbye, Goodbuy!
9k
Pounds of food donated to area meal centers and shelters by Recover Rochester in 2018
The citizen science nonprofit Delta Environmental is establishing a new endowment at RIT to create an environmental education program at the Tait Preserve of RIT.
Students on co-op are picking up more than occupational and professional skills. As the pandemic unfolded last spring and summer, they saw firsthand how companies manage even in the midst of a crisis.