Sustainability News
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May 5, 2014
Students develop tactics to make SAU ‘greener’
A team of electrical/mechanical engineering technology students is looking to make the SAU more energy efficient for a national student design competition. -
May 3, 2014
Imagine RIT draws thousands to campus
By the end of the day, an estimated 32,000 people made their way through campus to see hundreds of exhibits and demonstrations by RIT students, faculty and staff. -
May 1, 2014
Micro-hydropower no pipedream
Students in the Master of Architecture program will present their research on micro-hydropower—energy of water flowing through the pipes in everyday buildings—at Imagine RIT. -
April 30, 2014
RIT named among nation’s leading ‘green colleges’
For the fourth consecutive year, RIT has been named one of North America’s greenest universities by The Princeton Review. -
April 28, 2014
RIT team takes first in business plan contest
Imagine Soap, led by industrial design graduate student Brendan Gordon, took first place in the social/nonprofit category at the New York Business Plan Competition in Albany. -
April 25, 2014
RIT researchers set record
A record 397 researchers secured funding for fiscal year 2013, serving as either principal or co-principal investigators on active research. -
April 21, 2014
RIT hosts Earth Day celebration Tuesday
Festivities include the “Greenovate NYS” competition, a “flash mob” performance, tours of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and a presentation of WALL-E -
April 18, 2014
Professor receives inaugural Edline M. Chun Award
Stephen Whittaker, a professor in the School of Media Sciences, was given the award for exemplifying excellence and dedication in teaching. -
April 9, 2014
RIT celebrates graduate students
The first Graduate Education Week at RIT will be held April 14–18 and features speakers, workshops, information fairs and a keynote address and luncheon. -
April 7, 2014
Student Government rolls out bike share program
A fleet of 20 new orange Fuji Barnebey bicycles will be available for students to borrow. A kickoff event is set for 2–3 p.m. today in the Gordon Field House. -
April 3, 2014
Teens explore bio-technology, packaging and optics
More than 100 sophomore and junior high school students from the area will participate in the 2014 Workforce Innovations Conference on April 10. -
April 1, 2014
Center receives boost in state funding
The newly passed state budget includes a significant increase in funding for RIT’s Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing and continued funding for NYSP2I.