Honoring Earth Day All Year
Individuals and groups can foster environmental sustainability
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Earth Day was born in Wisconsin at a time when the Badger State was one of the most progressive states in the nation. The first Earth Day in 1970 drew national attention to the widening environmental crises. Soon after, new governmental agencies and regulations helped revitalize polluted lands and waters, conserve natural resources and regulate toxic substances. Nevertheless, today we face even greater challenges due to the global climate crisis. That includes the irreversible melting of glaciers and loss of species and habitats. Most critically, if Earthâs temperature continues to rise, its ability to support life becomes uncertain.
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Andrea Ghez, a 2020 Nobel Prize winner in physics for her research in discovering one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy will be the 2021 Rochester Institute of Technology commencement speaker on May 14 and 15.
Approximately 3,000 RIT undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students in the Class of 2021 are expected to graduate this year. COVID-19 protocols mandate that the number of people attending commencement be limited, so 13 smaller in-person ceremonies by college are planned to allow qualified students to walk across the stage to receive their diplomas. Most speakers will be virtual, and each ceremony will be live-streamed.