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October 20, 2010
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Artesanoâs Bakery & Cafe celebrated a re-opening on Oct. 20. Joining the pig in the Macarena was Chyna Trible, a fourth-year advertising and public relations major in the Department of Communication. -
October 19, 2010
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Eighty-five employer representatives from 41 organizations around the country talked with nearly 400 deaf and hard-of-hearing students and alumni about summer co-ops and permanent jobs Oct. 14 at NTIDâs 10th Annual Job Fair. Twenty-three of the representatives were RIT/NTID alumni. -
October 18, 2010
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RITâs Department of Communication hosted the Fall Public Speaking Contest, featuring students from across campus, on Oct. 15. Above (left to right), finalists Nathaniel Huff, Alison Fort and Joe Desimone chat with contest organizers Keri Barone (second from right) and Elizabeth Reeves O'Connor, lecturers in the Department of Communication. Fort won the grand prize for her speech, âThe World of Facebook.â -
October 16, 2010
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Comedian Craig Ferguson, host of CBSâ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, performed Oct. 15 as part of RITâs Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. -
October 16, 2010
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Hollywood legend Al Pacino spoke about his film career with reporter Jack Garner Oct. 16 during RITâs Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. Pacino, the Horton Distinguished Speaker, was presented by RIT Student Government. -
October 15, 2010
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Kevin Surace, CEO of Serious Materials, discusses sustainability and how his company âgoes greenâ in implementing energy efficiency into the built environment. The RIT alumnus was the keynote speaker at the annual RIT Entrepreneurâs Conference. -
October 14, 2010
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RIT and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf explored the state of deaf entrepreneurship during a Deaf Entrepreneurs Roundtable on Oct. 14. The panel consisted of eight deaf and hard-of-hearing entrepreneurs from around the country who shared their keys to success and explained some of the challenges that they encountered along the way. Here, Philip Rubin, Corey Design Studio, responded to an attendeeâs question. -
October 13, 2010
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Congresswoman Louise Slaughter received the RIT Presidential Medallion in a ceremony at NTIDâs Robert F. Panara Theatre on Oct. 13. Slaughter received the honor in recognition of her many contributions that have made a positive difference in ensuring the health and vitality of NTID over the years and in advancing causes important to deaf and hard-of-hearing communities throughout western New York and the nation. -
October 12, 2010
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Reynold Bailey (back), assistant professor of computer science, recently won a five-year $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his work on gaze manipulation techniques. Above, Peter Mahon, a graduate student in computer science, participates in a study to explore how various display techniques can be used to improve spatial memory recall. -
October 11, 2010
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The Google Trike visited RIT Oct. 11 to shoot the campus for Google Maps. Here, the rider tours the Global Village complex. -
October 8, 2010
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Nancy Rourke, an RIT/NTID alumna, is exhibiting a series of paintings about deafhood, deaf history and audism. Rourke gave a talk about her work on Oct. 6 in the NTID Dyer Arts Center. Currently there are two special exhibits by deaf artists, continuing through November 19. -
October 7, 2010
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Friends and supporters of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability gathered Oct. 6 to celebrate the recent awarding of a $13.1 million grant by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to construct a new green facility that will house the Golisano Instituteâs research and education programs. Pictured, left to right, are New York State Sen. Joseph Robach, Paychex founder and chairman B. Thomas Golisano, Nabil Nasr, director of the Golisano Institute, and RIT President Bill Destler.