More than 200 first-year NTID students made 1,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Rochester’s Open Door Mission during the fourth annual PB Jam Sept. 21. The community-service activity in NTID’s Student Development Center was sponsored by the NTID First-Year Experience program and NTID Student Life Team and was coordinated by staff members Linda Bryant and Astrid Jones.

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RIT Professor Emeritus Dane Gordon, center, has completed work on a revised and enlarged edition of the history of RIT, titled Rochester Institute of Technology: Industrial Development and Educational Innovation in an American City, 1829-2006. The book, which is in its second edition, was formally launched during a book release celebration during RIT’s 10th annual Brick City Homecoming weekend. It can be purchased by visiting http://carypress.rit.edu, www.amazon.com and RIT’s Campus Connections bookstore. Pictured with Gordon is Adam Richlin, a third-year film and animation student.

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A harvest of one-of-a-kind colorful glass pumpkins and gourds handblown by faculty and students from RIT’s School for American Crafts will be available for the pickin’. The annual sale is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Red Barn on the west side of campus. The proceeds benefit RIT Women’s Council Scholarships and the Visiting Artist Series for the RIT Glass Program.

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Blogger and social media critic Ze Frank, shown above, met with students prior to his public talk on Oct. 3. Frank, an online performance artist and humorist, visited RIT as part of the Caroline Werner Gannett Project and lecture series, “Visionaries in Motion.” He shared insights about his view of the digital landscape and “the changing networked world.”

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“Say what you do and do what you say,” was part of David Sifrey’s message in his keynote address at RIT’s fourth annual Entrepreneur’s Conference Oct. 5. The Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur discussed the ups and downs of starting a company and explained his success in founding Technorati Inc.–which keeps track of more than 100 million blogs a year.

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Volkswagen’s Dieselution Tour set up at RIT Oct. 8-9. The traveling exhibit showcased new clean-diesel and alternative-fuel technology with interactive displays and some of their latest cars.

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Dean Ashok Rao offers a signature T-shirt to RIT President Bill Destler during the E. Philip Saunders College of Business’ fall picnic. Besides enjoying hots and hamburgers, the Saunders’ staff and students celebrated the newly renovated courtyard in front of the Lowenthal Building.

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RIT Facilities Management Services treated students with flowering plants for their residence hall rooms on Oct. 10. They handed out kalanchoe plants, along with care instructions, indicating they would survive life in the residence halls.

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Bestselling author Steven Johnson chatted with students about his latest book, The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, in the Idea Factory in Wallace Library during his campus visit Oct. 11. Johnson gave a public presentation later that afternoon in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. The Ghost Map, which tells the story of the cholera epidemic in 1854 London, is the Institute Common Text read by first-year students.

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The College of Applied Science and Technology celebrated its 35th anniversary Oct. 4 during Brick City Homecoming. Those in attendance were treated to cake, refreshments and the musical stylings of, from left, Abby Berner, Paul Harris,Warren Koontz and Mark Indelicato (not pictured). Koontz and Indelicato are telecommunications engineering technology professors, Harris is the CAST director of development and Berner is an academic advisor in the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies.

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The Journal of Applied Science & Technology formally launched Oct. 11 during a ceremony in Wallace Library. The journal, led by Editor-in-Chief Chance Glenn, above, is a peer-reviewed publication presenting the latest empirically-derived methodologies, analyses and results in engineering, technology and the applied sciences. It is published by the RIT Press and supported by the College of Applied Science and Technology and Wallace Library.

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Edwin Pinero, federal environmental executive for President Bush, speaks to participants of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability’s Fifth Global Symposium on Sustainable Product Development. Pinero gave the event’s keynote address, focusing on promoting sustainable principles in public policy.

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Members of the New York State Senate Majority Conference held the third in a series of upstate community business roundtable forums to highlight the need to revitalize the upstate economy. The forum, held at RIT Oct. 3, included participants, from left to right, David Monte Verde, president of Genesee Valley Transportation; James Winston, assistant to the president, Workforce Development at Monroe Community College; John Richardson, director of New York Public Affairs for Eastman Kodak Co.; Peter Collins, president of Trident Precision Manufacturing; Dennis Mullen, president and CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise; Sen. Joe Robach; and Sen. Jim Alesi.

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The Hon. John C. Ninfo II, pictured at left, western New York Bankruptcy Judge and founder of the Credit Abuse Resistance Education program, joined forces with Robert Manning, director of the Center for Consumer Financial Services in RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College of Business on Sept. 27. They visited high school students at Rochester’s School Without Walls to discuss ways to become financially responsible and avoid credit card debt.

Submitted by Marcia Morphy

The Center for Quality and Applied Statistics, in partnership with the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies’ Center for Excellence in Lean Enterprise, hosted the second annual Lean Six Sigma Conference at The Lodge in Skaneateles Falls, last month. The conference featured experts from industry and academia and included an introduction to the principles of Lean Six Sigma, a manufacturing process that seeks to increase quality and reduce cycle times through improved process design and enhanced teamwork. The event, sponsored by Welch Allyn Inc., featured more than 60 attendees from a number of companies in diverse sectors. William Allyn, former president and CEO of Welch Allyn and current chairman of the board of Hand Held Products, served as keynote speaker.

Submitted by Gregory Evershed

The Center for Consumer Financial Services in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business announces 15 distinguished committee advisors who will provide curriculum and practical career guidance for the new bachelor’s degree program in Consumer Financial Services. From top left: Hon. Judge John Ninfo II (United States Bankruptcy Court), Robert Manning (center director), Julio Vasquez Sr. (City of Rochester), Steven Kirchgraber (New York State Banking Department), Stephen LaGrou, Peter Dellinger, Esq. (Empire Justice Center), Wayne Morse, Todd Gold (New York State Consumer Protection Board), Kimberly Gartner (Center for Financial Services Innovation), George Hofheimer (Filene Research Institute), Leslie Linfield Esq. (Institute for Financial Literacy), Curtis Arnold (U.S. Citizens for Fair Credit Terms Inc.) and Bruce Oliver. Seated are Kathleen Keest (Center for Responsible Lending), Ellen Seidman (New American Foundation/Shorebank), Hon. John LaFalce (retired Congressman) and Gena Doynow (Citigroup).

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