Sustainability News

The Elmira Star-Gazette features Kailey Bradt ’15 (chemical engineering), ’18 MS (product development), founder of OWA (Out of this World Amazing) Haircare.

RIT is partnering with 2U, a global leader in education technology, to deliver an online Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) degree. The program, which is 2U’s first architecture offering, takes RIT’s highly regarded campus-based degree online.

CBC News talks to Matthew Hoffman, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, and Christy Tyler, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about microplastics.

Made from an upcycled freight container, the new RIT Hydroponic Farm will provide fresh produce for the chefs who serve nearly 14,000 meals on campus every day. So far, the farm has produced roughly 40 pounds of greens since farm manager Dave Brault started harvesting in early August.

WHAM-TV talks to Tom Trabold, head of the Department of Sustainability in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about food waste.

The Chicago Tribune talks to Matthew Hoffman, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, about his research on plastic pollution in the Great Lakes.

The New York Times talks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy, about the benefits of LED lighting.

Rochester Business Journal features Golisano Institute for Sustainability as one of the coolest spaces in Rochester.

Over 100 remanufacturing industry leaders have registered to attend, ensuring a singular opportunity to collaborate for the global improvement of the industry.

Meet Anika Aftab, this year’s Student Government president. Aftab would like to see RIT students have more options to create their own minors. She’d also like to create more workshops for students to develop skills they haven’t had the opportunity to build and to continue the college’s sustainability efforts

Research being conducted by RIT students and faculty will help determine if additional flowers, grasses and plants will benefit insects that help in pollination. The research is being done across the state, particularly next to roadways, and could help determine if later or fewer cuts to the vegetation next to the roads would help pollinators by allowing more time for plants to flower.

Fortune talks to Callie Babbitt, associate professor, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about e-waste and the materials needed to build new technology products.