Invigorating thoughts reign at RIT’s Athenaeum, the innovative, educational organization for adults over 50. From left, members Roselle Fine and June Clase chat with Deborah Stendardi, RIT vice president of Government and Commu-nity Relations, at the new classroom facility at 150 Research Blvd. New and returning members are invited to open house sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 16-19. The sessions are free and classes fill quickly. For membership information or a winter course catalog, call 292-8989 or visit www.rit.edu/ athenaeum. The Research Boulevard location has free parking and is handicapped-accessible.

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Gabriel McMurtrie shares a silly moment with mom, Elouise Oyzon, at the Margaret’s House art show opening, Dec. 15. For 10 weeks, 23 preschoolers
from Margaret’s House and 16 pre-service art educators from the School of
Art worked hard to produce unique and exciting art for the show.

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About 60 students and faculty from the School of Print Media spent Dec. 5 at Xerox’s Gil Hatch Center for Customer Innovation. Print media grad student Adam Dewitz, who interned at Xerox last year, helped organize the event, which featured presentations and a panel discussion with Xerox executives, product demonstrations and time for students to network with Xerox experts. In the photo, Scott Stevenson, color innovation specialist for Xerox Production Systems Group, discusses the Xerox iGen3 110 Digital Production Press with grad student Nutthavee “Noy” Poonbunditkul.

Jon Schull, IT professor, right, talks with student Jarrod Pritchard about an online grassroots campaign to help survivors of October’s deadly earthquake in Pakistan. Victims are in desperate need of winter survival gear. Schull, along with several colleagues and students, created the Web site QuakeHelp.net urging people to donate camping equipment. Since Thanksgiving, more than 20 drop-off sites have been set up in six states. RIT collected dozens of sleeping bags, tents and blankets to be shipped to relief workers in Pakistan, Kashmir and India. RIT’s Interfaith Center and Hillel organized the donation drive.

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