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Engineers for a Sustainable World and RIT Student Government are partnering on a Waste Awareness Campaign that involves displaying a day’s worth of trash collected from around the campus. One site will hold a pile of recycling, the other a pile of what goes to the landfill.

WROC-TV reports on student volunteer work from RIT's chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World.

WHEC-TV reports on a new rainwater collection system constructed by the RIT chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World.

RIT honored researchers who served as principal investigators on active awards in fiscal year 2018 at an April 11 reception. Also recognized were the 20 recipients of Seed Funding Awards and 12 new inductees in RIT’s PI Millionaires. 

The Times Union features RIT students Patrick Finnerty and Catherine Krawiec, part of a team that won second place in the CREATE Symposium.

The donation will fund doctoral student research in advancing microwave and antenna technology for wireless and space or defense applications.

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports on smart seat research led by research scientist and alumnus Nicholas Conn, Dave Borkholder, a professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, and Karl Schwarz, MD URMC. 

RIT’s Multidisciplinary Robotics Club (MDRC) traveled to Harvard University on April 6th for the 3rd Annual PacBot Competition, returning home with a first-place win and a new high-score record of 1190 points.

Meet Cesar Borges, a fifth-year biomedical engineering student, and Kalie Lazarou, an industrial and systems engineering student, who are part of a team working on the Overcomer, an assistive device that helps children with physical disabilities have a more inclusive playground experience.

A multidisciplinary contingent of RIT faculty, students and alumni is creating awareness and innovative design solutions to improve the quality of medical care and education for some of the most vulnerable in Central America.

Associate Professor Marcos Esterman and several RIT senior engineering students are on a mission to empower citizens of Cali, Colombia, through cutting-edge technology including solar-powered 3D printers and aquaponics.

When he was in high school, Josh Geise, a fifth-year computing security student, was involved in a program that donated refurbished computers to local families. To continue his work in computer refurbishment and help increase computer accessibility in the Rochester area, Geise and friend Brian Martens ’18 started their own nonprofit organization that donates refurbished computers to people in need.