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March 16, 2022
NYS Pollution Prevention Institute collaborates with Syracuse University on USDA grant
The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute is collaborating with Syracuse University’s Center for Sustainable Community Solutions on a grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist communities and stakeholders in New York state with reducing the amount of edible food that goes to waste.
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March 15, 2022
Voices of the Chesapeake Bay: Christine Keiner
The Voices of the Chesapeake Bay podcast features Christine Keiner, chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, and her book, The Oyster Question.
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March 4, 2022
Pollution Prevention Institute at RIT accepting Community Grants Program applications
The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) is accepting applications for the organization’s 2022-2023 Community Grants Program. Founded in 2008, the program is part of the NYSP2I’s ongoing efforts to continue improving the health and environmental quality of New York state.
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February 22, 2022
Leading U.S. remanufacturer continues work with GIS to grow circular economy for office furniture
Davies Office Inc. will work with GIS to assess and improve its inventory management processes. The project aims to reduce transportation and material handling costs, achieve better manufacturing lead times, and cut greenhouse gas emissions for the company based in Albany, New York.
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February 20, 2022
Sustainability seminar discusses new research in wetland restoration
Campus Times interviews Professor Christy Tyler about how to rethink wetland ecosystem restoration.
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February 17, 2022
Bitcoin mining as a grid resource? 'It's complicated'
Utility Dive talks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Public Policy, about cryptocurrency and electricity grids.
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February 15, 2022
DeLorean Wants to Go Back to the Future as an Electric Sports Car
The Street talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about challenges with breaking into the electric vehicle industry.
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February 11, 2022
James Hammer donates $1 million to establish Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center at RIT
The Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center will consist of several laboratories focused on materials testing, distribution, digital processing, and workflow analysis for packaging and commercial printing.
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February 10, 2022
RIT alumna’s clothing brand featured in New York Fashion Week
After a lifelong interest in clothing design, Chrystel Anne Clasicas has burst onto the fashion scene, starting by selling face masks in 2020 and showing her work at New York Fashion Week only one year later. Now, she’s preparing to appear again at this year’s New York Fashion Week by showing a collection of designs in collaboration with RIT engineers.
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January 31, 2022
Tait Preserve becoming hotbed for interdisciplinary research
RIT has an emerging new hotspot for interdisciplinary research about 25 minutes from the main campus. The Tait Preserve includes a 60-acre lake and a private mile of Irondequoit Creek adjacent to Ellison Park, offering endless opportunities for research, education, and conservation activities.
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January 27, 2022
Protecting our ecosystems at C-C Middle School
Westside News features Environmental Education Specialist Kaeti Stoss's visit to the fifth-grade class at Churchville-Chili Middle School.
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January 24, 2022
RIT launches online Master of Architecture degree
RIT today announced the official launch of its online Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree. RIT’s new online degree is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board and is being offered in partnership with 2U Inc., the parent company of global online learning platform edX.