Sustainability News

  • February 2, 2018

    Daniel Burge, left, and Jean-Louis Bigourdan in button down shirts standing in front on books.

    Image Permanence Institute receives major grants

    RIT's Image Permanence Institute has received $544,198 in grants from the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities to support two major education and research initiatives.

  • December 13, 2017

    Rit campus buildings.

    A history of philanthropy for RIT

    RIT has benefited from the generosity of many. Top lifetime donors to the university are James S. Gleason and the Gleason Family Foundation, B. Thomas Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Eastman Kodak Co., The Nippon Foundation and E. Philip Saunders.

  • November 21, 2017

    student working on woodworking project.

    Graduate programs offer cutting-edge education

    Today, RIT offers 73 master's programs, with 14 new programs added in just the past 10 years. And the number of master's programs is likely to grow even more in the near future.

  • November 9, 2017

    A person in gloves working with batteries.

    Incubator receives $1.8M NYSERDA contract

    RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator has been awarded a new four-year contract valued at $1.8 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, earmarked for early-stage, clean-energy companies.

  • October 22, 2017

    Eric Hittinger and Eric Williams post for a photo together in front of powerlines, both of their arms crossed.

    Optimizing the U.S. electrical grid

    RIT researchers are developing a system of algorithmic computer modeling that will help policymakers produce and use electricity more efficiently.

  • September 15, 2017

    NYSP2I 10th anniversary logo

    NYSP2I marks 10th anniversary with events

    The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute is hosting three events across New York state to highlight its economic, environmental and social impacts on the state.

  • August 17, 2017

    Picture of garden

    Students help determine options for vacant city lots

    RIT students are working with Rochester high school students to see if some of the 300 city-owned vacant lots in the Marketview Heights neighborhood can be turned into assets such as community gardens, playscapes or exercise stations.

  • August 7, 2017

    Student, Fateemah Saleem, explaining project

    Undergraduate student innovators unveil research

    More than 250 student projects, representing RIT’s nine colleges, were on display at the 26th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 4. Research proposals were featured in a series of oral and poster presentations throughout the day.

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