RIT President Bill Destler kicked off the university’s Raise Our Annual Responses initiative on Oct. 25. ROAR Day activities took place across campus to encourage faculty, staff and students to make an annual gift to RIT. This year’s event raised more than $21,000. To enhance its success, Destler and his wife, Rebecca Johnson, pledged a dollar-for-dollar match of all student donations made during ROAR Day.

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Arun Gandhi, right, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is introduced at the 10th annual Campus Week of Dialogue by Thomas Warfield, chairperson of RIT’s Commission for Promoting Pluralism. Gandhi was the keynote speaker and talked about the modern nonviolent resistance movement that Mahatma Gandhi launched more than 100 years ago.

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For the second consecutive year, the RIT campus hosted “Walk with Me,” a silent procession designed to raise awareness and mobilize students to become more involved in combating domestic violence. This year’s walk took place Oct. 24. “Walk with Me” is a statewide initiative that began when New York State Assemblymember Naomi Rivera asked all colleges and universities in New York state to participate in 2005.

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Medieval knights, pink dinosaurs and creepy-crawly bugs spring to life between the pages of books as RIT’s Bevier Gallery presents Pop-Up Books: An Interactive Exhibition through Nov. 14. The show features works from top artists in the field including Chuck Fischer (The White House) and Kyle Olman (Castle). Pictured, students Harry Mayers and Heather O’Brien-Lazickas explore some exhibit pieces.

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RIT alumni from the School of American Crafts will be among the 40 master craft artists to participate in The Memorial Art Gallery’s seventh annual Fine Craft Show and Sale on Saturday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. 4. The bracelet pictured above was created by So Young Park, a 2004 MFA graduate of RIT’s metals and jewelry program. Featured works will include ceramics, glass, jewelry, metalwork, furniture, woodcrafts and wearable art. The artists were selected by juror Kathryn Martini, curator of collections, Everson Museum of Art. For a list of the artists, visit www.mag.rochester.edu.

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captionA ribbon-cutting ceremony held Oct. 19 marked the formal opening of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation in the School of Mathematical Sciences. Under the direction of Manuela Campanelli, the center will specialize in the study of computational astrophysics and gravitation, focusing on black holes and the dynamics of galaxies. Shown above, from left, are Ian Gatley, dean of the College of Science, Don Boyd, vice president for research, and Sophia Maggelakis, head of the School of Mathematical Sciences.

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Megan Quick, right, an engineer at General Motors, meets with high school students during RIT’s GoTech! Conference, Oct. 13. More than 240 high-school women visited campus for the event which provided the students with the opportunity to view exhibits, take part in hands-on activities and attend panel discussions with professional women who have chosen careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

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