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July 3, 2025
RIT researchers develop AI-based textile recycling system
Resource Recycling discusses RIT's high-speed automated system that disassembles and recycles clothing.
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June 30, 2025
RIT brings national green chemistry leaders together to “Bridge the Gap” between innovation and education
The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I), the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and event co-sponsor Beyond Benign will welcome scientists, educators, and industry leaders to campus on July 9 for a one-day event aimed at reimagining how chemistry is taught and applied in the 21st century.
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June 18, 2025
New RIT technologies help minimize global textile waste
A research team at Golisano Institute for Sustainability is developing a fully automated system to identify, sort, and disassemble garments at high speed and in high volume to address a critical global waste problem.
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April 28, 2025
Research opportunities at RIT position grad to pursue Ph.D.
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.