Photo Spotlights

The Internet of Things came to Rochester on Oct. 9, traveling in a mobile training center. RIT was one of the upstate New York stops on Atmel’s “Tech on Tour.” The company’s 40-foot by 85-foot trailer, complete with embedded systems technology, was open to students, faculty, staff and engineering professionals in the area. Atmel staff led demonstrations and trainings for participants about how these embedded systems are being used in automotive and transportation applications, robotics, gaming systems—and integrated together as part of the growing Internet of Things.

Scott Boone, left, and Mary Ellen Gauntlet print T-shirts for the upcoming One SpiRIT: Global Hockey Festival on the Print Hub’s new screen printing press. The shirts will be given away at the festival, which starts at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 11. The festivities outside the Gene Polisseni Center will feature live music, tailgating games, a special tailgate menu and more. RIT’s campuses in Kosovo, Dubrovnik, Zagreb and Dubai will join the festivities remotely through interactive technology as they host their own celebrations.

Peter Pincus, visiting assistant professor in ceramics in the School for American Crafts, demonstrates casting.

State and local government representatives joined RIT and area business officials during an Oct. 3 ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Digital Manufacturing and Product Realization Lab at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The primary purpose of the collaborative facility is to aid companies and independent innovators in translating ideas into concepts for evaluation and ultimately new products. National Manufacturing Day was Oct. 3.

What’s it like to run a company many in Congress want to close down? During the Saunders College of Business 10th Executive Leaders Network Luncheon on Oct. 2, Timothy J. Mayopoulous, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, explained how the mortgage management giant and its smaller sibling, Freddie Mac, are critical to the national economy. “Housing finance is very important to the country, and since the Great Depression, we’ve been a mortgage lender in all times and in all markets to single-family and multifamily properties.” The event was held at Genesee Valley Club and sponsored by Toshiba Business Solutions.

Jim Craig, the goalie for the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal in Lake Placid, visited RIT on Oct. 3 for a number of events. He met with RIT student athletes for breakfast and will deliver a public presentation from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Robert F. Panara Theatre in Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall. It is free and open to the public.

Oct. 2 marks the ninth annual ROAR Day, the official launch of the 2014 Fund for RIT annual giving campaign. Stations will be set up across campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to encourage annual gifts to RIT, or gifts can be made online on Oct. 2. For more information, go to www.rit.edu/development/giving/ROAR.

Apple was among the 250 employers meeting with RIT students and alumni at the 2014 Fall Career Fair Oct. 1. A diverse range of employers were represented, including computing technology companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook, engineering companies such as Tesla Motors and Toyota and government agencies such as the CIA and the NSA. More than 765 recruiters will be looking to fill co-op and full-time positions.

Carol Glazer, president of the National Organization on Disability, joined RIT and national leaders in challenging other universities to bridge the employment gap for students with disabilities. RIT has been credited by the National Organization on Disability as a good example of a university that successfully helps its students find jobs upon graduation. Today is also the first day of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=51006.

More than 250 employers met with RIT students and alumni at the 2014 Fall Career Fair. Julien Eid, a third-year student in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, works as an intern at Cloudera and represented the company at the fair.

The RIT women’s cross country team is continuing its ascent in the national rankings of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, now ranked No. 20, as the organization released its weekly rankings on Oct. 8. The Tigers moved up 12 spots this week to claim their highest ranking in school history. The Tigers, who are also ranked No. 5 in the Atlantic Region rankings, return to action on Oct. 18 at the Inter Regional Rumble hosted by Oberlin College. Here, Stephanie Milici competes in the 2014 University of Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational on Sept. 20.

RIT President Bill Destler on the banjo, accompanied by his spouse, vocalist Rebecca Johnson, are part of the “Fringe benefits” as RIT joined artistic forces with a variety of businesses and cultural organizations for the 2014 First Niagara Fringe Festival.