“What We Leave Behind,” a photographic exhibition centering plastic pollution and the generational impacts of consumption, was projected in the Cyma Rubin Visualization Gallery on May 5 and 6. The photographic exhibition was created by Oluwasola Israel Abimbola, who graduated in May 2026 with his M.S. in Communication. As a part of his second-year independent study, Abimbola researched plastic consumption and created a photo series representing the interpersonal and environmental impacts of plastic use. “I led up the entire series up to the last part titled “What We Leave Behind,” with people inside plastic,” Abimbola said. “We are living in plastic, and I want us to reflect on that and see how our actions are being transferred to the younger generation.” Abimbola reached out to Hannah Rainey, the associate head of the libraries collections and research engagement department, to use the space for his final presentation. It was the perfect environment to present Abimbola’s work, “...