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The Rochester Business Journal speaks to Daniel Johnson, professor in the Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science, about how packaging influences decision making in consumers.

WXXI talks to Daniel Johnson, interim department chair, Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science, about climate-friendly food sector practices.

This change comes about to further address the interdisciplinary trends and growth taking place in both the evolving print and packaging industries. It reflects the college and RIT’s focus on aligning programs to better provide a highly skilled workforce for each area.

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. 

The Wall Street Journal talks to Daniel Johnson, chair of the Department of Packaging Science, about the challenges to switching to innovative packaging solutions.

The Wall Street Journal talks to Daniel Johnson, chair of the Department of Packaging Science, about the challenges to switching to innovative packaging solutions.

WHAM-TV talks to Dan Johnson, chair of the Department of Packaging Science, about New York state's upcoming ban on Styrofoam take-out containers and packaging peanuts.

Time magazine talks to Daniel Johnson, chair of the Department of Packaging Science, about the mechanics behind reuse programs.

The Atlantic talks to Daniel Johnson, chair of the Department of Packaging Science, about the research that goes into package design.

Move over, Silicon Valley. Rochester, N.Y., can be the next great American technology hub.

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 46: Anticipating rapid changes in the workplace—further accelerated by lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic—RIT is seizing on the opportunity to guide students to new economy majors that are multidisciplinary, transformative, and future-focused. Dan Johnson, professor of packaging science; Ian Mortimer, vice president for Enrollment Management; and Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, discuss the importance of offering majors that ensure successful outcomes while meeting the ever-changing needs of a new, and evolving, economy.

Funding from the long-time corporate partner will support two innovative packaging centers at RIT: the American Packaging Corp. Center for Packaging Innovation, a comprehensive teaching, research and testing laboratory; and the Center for Sustainable Packaging. Both centers are located in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology.