Sustainability News
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April 17, 2015
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RIT named among nation’s leading ‘green colleges’
RIT, for the fifth consecutive year, has been named one of North America’s greenest universities by The Princeton Review. -
April 16, 2015
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Three teams win top prizes in Tiger Tank
The winning business ideas are a system to provide real-time feedback to weightlifters, a scarf that can act like a medical mask and a recycling service for sound equipment. -
April 1, 2015
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Top stories and videos for March
News and a video about RIT’s new solar array were among the most popular last month. Check out all of March’s top stories and videos. -
March 18, 2015
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IdeaLab, RRHS partner to solve healthcare issues
The spring IdeaLab@RIT featured a two-day brainstorming marathon where four teams of RIT students and their coaches addressed issues faced by Rochester Regional Health System. -
March 16, 2015
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Custom co-op forms furniture company
When Seth Eshelman ’06 couldn’t find a co-op his senior year, he decided to create his own. Today, that company focuses on functional sustainable design. -
March 12, 2015
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RIT Dubai students win electricity award
Engineering students from RIT Dubai won the Official Judges’ Award at the Future Generation Competition, one of the largest power events in the world. -
March 10, 2015
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Students brainstorm solutions to healthcare issues
Teams of students from IdeaLab@RIT will be working this weekend on four problems faced by Rochester Regional Health System. -
March 9, 2015
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NYSP2I launches supply chain website
The Sustainable Supply Chain Information Hub provides businesses with a resource on the benefits of supply chain sustainability and how to implement sustainable practices. -
March 6, 2015
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Researchers release findings on energy storage
Adding energy storage to the U.S. electricity grid results in increases in greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from power plants, according to RIT professor Eric Hittinger. -
March 5, 2015
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Solar energy farm to begin operation in April
Six-and-a-half acres of a farm field on the RIT campus has been transformed into a massive, 2-megawatt solar array consisting of 6,138 photovoltaic panels.
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March 2, 2015
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RIT to host program on drug-resistant bacteria
The impact of drug-resistant “superbugs” on public health will be explored March 12 in a program hosted by RIT, Rochester Regional Health System and Rep. Louise Slaughter. -
February 18, 2015
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Gabrielle Gaustad receives NSF CAREER award
Gabrielle Gaustad of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability received the award to study the implications of material scarcity and criticality on clean energy technologies.
