Sustainability News
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June 11, 2014
Big Shot No. 30 returns home to RIT Sept. 6
Big Shot photographers aim to capture the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Louise M. Slaughter Hall and the surrounding quad for the nighttime community photo project. -
June 2, 2014
Brothers study energy sources for cell stations
Andres Kwasinski from RIT and Alexis Kwasinski from the University of Texas at Austin are studying using alternative, renewable energy resources for cellular base stations. -
May 15, 2014
Winners announced in poster competition
Teams from Syracuse, Cornell, RPI, Clarkson and UB earned top honors in the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute’s annual R&D student competition. -
May 15, 2014
Henrietta Chamber of Commerce recognizes RIT
Students in NTID’s arts and imaging studies program as well as two buildings on campus were recognizes by the chamber during its Community of Excellence Awards celebration. -
May 7, 2014
Female faculty discuss increasing recognition
The panel discussion “Daring Appreciation: Strategies for Increasing Recognition of Your Work” is part of a campus-wide study to aid female faculty’s career progression. -
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