Photo Spotlights

RIT’s Habitat for Humanity student organization sponsored the Sign-A-Stud fundraiser for the club’s Sustainable House Project, in conjunction with Flower City Habitat for Humanity. For a suggested donation of $5, patrons could sign lumber that will become part of a sustainable home for a Rochester resident in need. Here, Abbey Burns, a third-year industrial engineering student in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, adds her autograph.

Susanne Weatherly, associate interpreter, checks out the Information and Technology Services Status Display of all 65,000 IP addresses on the RIT campus. The interactive display is in the glass rotunda of the new Center for Student Innovation. Address usage, firewall events, server status and other network connections can be seen on the display screen. The information from the monitor helps systems engineers assess network patterns and pinpoint trouble spots. The right-hand monitor displays real-time temperature data from sensors in the Data Center. The display system was developed by ITS system engineer Matt Campbell.

Construction continues for the new Campus Center, located in the heart of campus in the former Woodward Pool area. The center will serve as an alternate entry to the Student Alumni Union and have a second level overlook onto the Quarter Mile. The facility’s main level will house Student Government, the Leadership Institute and Community Service Center and the RIT Women’s Center. It will also include three conference rooms and an area designated for RIT clubs and club services.

Pete Grannis, left, commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, received a tour of the newly opened offices of the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute at RIT on Oct. 8. The comprehensive research and development center, funded by DEC, focuses on assisting New York businesses in reducing their environmental footprint and preventing pollution. He participated in a ribbon cutting with RIT President Bill Destler and Anahita Williamson, director of the Pollution Prevention Institute.

Several members of the RIT Dubai board of directors were on campus recently to meet with RIT administrators and faculty and tour laboratories and classrooms. Joining Harvey Palmer (far left), dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, were Essa Kazim (second from left), chairman, Dubai Financial Markets; Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman (second from right), RIT Dubai board of directors; and John Kaemmerlen, lecturer, industrial and systems engineering.

The Teaching and Learning Technology Studio is a test-bed facility that showcases the synergy of RIT faculty and staff through experimental, participatory and sustainable teaching, learning and communication. A demonstration during RIT Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend included multi-image projection with three rear-screen digital projectors and 18 feet of screen. A touch panel control system has the flexibility of operation at the podium or remotely from anywhere in the classroom.

Vernon Wall, nationally known speaker on social justice, leadership and the quality of student life, kicked off the 2009 North Star Center Distinguished Speaker Series on Oct. 10. The presentation was part of the RIT Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend festivities.

Richard Reeve, associate dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, was recognized at the 40th anniversary celebration of the industrial and systems engineering department during Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend. Reeve was the first chair of the department and one of its faculty members.

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, served as this year’s Horton Distinguished Speaker Oct. 10 as part of Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend.

Jim Gaffigan, who is most famous for his one-hour Comedy Central specials and his “Hot Pocket” routine, took the Gordon Field House and Activities Center stage on Oct. 9.

The RIT Tigers men’s hockey team caps off Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend entertainment with its season opener Oct. 10. The Tigers take on Colgate University at 7:05 p.m. in downtown Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center box office and the Blue Cross Arena box office.

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, will serve as this year’s Horton Distinguished Speaker Oct. 10 as part of Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend. Wales will speak at 11 a.m. in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the field house box office.