Photo Spotlights

Visitors to the Center for Environmental Initiatives’ 39th annual Community Salute to the Environment received tours of the new building that will house the Golisano Institute for Sustainability on Dec. 3. The building is on track to meet LEED Platinum certification and is a model of advanced green technologies, featuring state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching facilities that will keep RIT students at the forefront of this critical work.

Dr. Daniel B. Ornt joined RIT as the first vice president of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology last December. In this role, he has emphasized wellness.

From left, scientists Michael Savka and Andre Hudson have decoded the whole genome sequence of bacteria associated with Riesling grapevines and Jamaican sugarcane. They are professors in the Thomas Gosnell School of Life Sciences within RIT’s College of Science. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49589.

From left, Mike and Tonia Galban, Ganondagan State Historic Site interpreters and Haudenosaunee cultural experts, demonstrated quillwork on Nov. 28. The event, sponsored by RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program, was part of Native American Heritage Month. Navajo recording artist Radmilla Cody presents her keynote address and performs at 5:30 p.m. today in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies, adjacent to James E. Booth Hall.

Radmilla Cody, a traditional Navajo recording artist, Indie Award winner, Native American Award nominee, Miss Navajo Nation (1997) and international performer, was the keynote speaker for RIT’s Native American Heritage Month celebration. A survivor of domestic violence, Cody uses her personal experiences to advocate against violence and prejudice toward biracial or multiracial individuals. Cody spoke with a group of students prior to her keynote presentation Nov. 29.

Midnight Oil, RIT’s newest coffee shop, debuted Nov. 26 in the Crossroads building near Global Village. Coffee, specialty beverages, sandwiches and desserts are offered 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday and Sunday.

Wil Sideman, from Greene, Maine, is a graduate student in the RIT’s School for American Crafts glass program. Assisting Sideman is Brendan Miller ’12 (MFA), artist in residence. Sideman will graduate from RIT in the spring of 2013.

Jeremy Edman ’02 (information technology) recruits at RIT for JPMorgan Chase. More than 30 graduates work at the company. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49302.

RIT Professor Alan Singer shares an exhibit with his father, Arthur, at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, NY. “A Guide to Nature: The Art of Arthur Singer, with Alan Singer” has been extended through Dec. 30.

In an effort to spur research that assists people with disabilities, the Effective Access Technology Program awarded a total of $100,000 to 15 faculty-led student teams at the RIT Celebration of Research event Nov. 16. Areas of interest include: technology for improving the mobility of persons with visual or hearing impairment, the use of interactive media to help persons with cognitive or physical disabilities, and technology that improves the safety of and accessibility for individuals living in assisted living or group residences. RIT is partnering with the Al Sigl Community of Agencies, its affiliates and sister organizations as part of the program. Here, from left, Talal Alharbi, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, explains a notification system for deaf and hard-of-hearing people to Dan Meyers, president of Al Sigl Center.

Denis Cormier, the Earl W. Brinkman Professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, explains the new Pulseforge advanced curing system for printed electronics during demonstrations on Nov. 16. Visitors had samples of printed electronics on their nametags. RIT researchers, like Cormier, and corporate partners expect to play a role in the growth of the printed electronics and advanced manufacturing industry. Estimated to be a multi-billion dollar growth industry in the coming years, some of the work developing new equipment, nano-inks and novel applications for medical devices, sensors and fuels cells, for example, may begin with local initiatives and a new university-industry partnership established at RIT. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49539.

Todd Pagano, center, an associate professor and director of the Laboratory Science Technology program at NTID, has been named 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His award was presented at a ceremony Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C. Pagano was selected from more than 300 nominations. To read more, go to www.ntid.rit.edu/news/ntids-todd-pagano-named-us-professor-year.