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Richard Hirsch teaches ceramics in the School for American Crafts. The book With Fire, published by the RIT Press and available in January 2013, examines his work and life as a ceramic artist.

Rachel Mosetick ’12 (environmental sustainability, health and safety) is interviewing for full-time jobs that require three years of experience. Mosetick completed four co-ops as an undergraduate with Defense Logistics Agency in Colorado and ThermoFisher Scientific, Wegmans and Stantec Consulting Services in Rochester. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49297.

Randy Vercauteren, director of parking and transportation, explains parking availability. Starting break week, the north sector of U Lot will be taken out of service while the Gene Polisseni Center is under construction. Approximately 235 reserved parking spaces will be retained in the southern section of U Lot during construction. The S Lot expansion adding 232 spaces will be available after break. To read more on parking at RIT, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=49474.

RIT hosted its second annual Veterans Day Breakfast Nov. 9 to pay tribute to members of the campus community who serve or have served honorably in uniform. RIT boasts a long history of accommodating the educational needs of returning veterans, dating back to the end of World War II.

The Spanish version of RIT professor Mark Fairchild’s “The Color Curiosity Shop, La tienda de las curiosidades sobre el color,” was published in hardcopy in Spain through a collaboration of professor Manuel Melgosa of the University of Granada. The Spanish edition was published by the University of Granada Press in collaboration with Parque de las Ciencias. The Spanish versions is available through Amazon.com. Mark Fairchild is an associate dean for research and graduate education at RIT and a professor in the Munsell Color Science Laboratory in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.

RIT students gathered in Student Innovation Hall Nov. 6 to watch the election results come in from around the country in the race for president. Students were blogging from the event and political data interfaces were available for those who wanted to create apps, games or sites related to the election. The event was sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Lab for Technological Literacy and the Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Somalia native Bakar Ali came to the U.S. in 2009. He’s learned English, American Sign Langauge and is active in a group involving cross-registered NTID students enrolled in other colleges at RIT. NTID English professor John Panara recalls Ali as one of his best students citing his leadership skills and commitment.

Students could take a free shuttle Nov. 6 to the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center polling site in Henrietta, courtesy of RIT Student Government and the RIT Leadership Institute & Community Service Center. From left, RIT students Bryan Curneen and Jjvon Hardware fill out their ballots. This was the first time Hardware has voted in an election. Other election-related events included a viewing party Nov. 6 in Student Innovation Hall. Students were blogging from the event and political data interfaces were available for those who wanted to create apps, games or sites related to the election.

“Design Autopsy,” an exhibition of alumni work from industrial design, is on view in Bevier Gallery through Nov. 14. Here, Donald Carr ’81 talks with students at the opening reception on Oct. 19.

The indie pop band Fun. performed a sold-out show Nov. 4 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Here, Nate Ruess, lead vocals, joined band members Andrew Dost, piano, and Jack Antonoff, guitar and drums. Fun. performed the previous night on Saturday Night Live.

RIT partnered with the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services and the Sheriff’s Office to host its first collection of unused or expired drugs on Nov. 2. According to Senior Sustainability Adviser Enid Cardinal, 144 people came to the event and dropped off 320 pounds of pharmaceuticals.

RIT partnered with the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services and the Sheriff’s Department to host its first collection of unused, expired and waste drugs on Nov. 2. Thomas M. Sinclair, industrial waste engineer, examined and collected some of the materials.