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Data-center cooling technology developed by OptiCool Technologies was recently installed in the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation. The technology, which uses an oil-free, pumped refrigerant and a modular cooling-unit design that increases cooling capacity and decreases overall energy, has saved RIT more than $30,000. OptiCool is a start-up company that recently graduated from RIT’s Clean Energy Incubator. RG&E recognized RIT’s achievement at a news conference on June 29. Above, David Brown, director of technical solutions with OptiCool, discusses some of the equipment.

Graduate student Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse recently won a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The fellowship provides her with a three-year, $30,000 annual stipend in support of her project “Optical Lift: Innovating Devices that Fly by Light.” Artusio-Glimpse is a graduate student in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and works closely with Grover Swartzlander, joint associate professor of imaging science and physics.

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Annie McKee, the best-selling author and Fortune 500 executive-leadership coach, gives advice and encouragement as keynote speaker of the second annual RIT Women’s Leadership Conference, “Breakthrough Leadership—It’s Personal,” hosted on June 19 at RIT. McKee teaches the importance of compassion and emotional intelligence to becoming a breakthrough leader.

More than 80 graduate students at RIT Dubai received master’s degrees last week in the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed bin Saqer Al Nahyan, chairman of the RIT Dubai board, said: “We are happy to share the joy of the graduates. Each one of them has earned their degrees through perseverance and hard work. This is also a proud moment for us at RIT Dubai for having delivered our third batch of graduates. With the skills gained, we are confident that the students will put their learning to good practice and add value to their working environment.” RIT Dubai began offering graduate degree programs in 2008 in engineering, computing, business and service leadership. RIT Dubai also now offers bachelor degrees in marketing, management, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. To learn more, go to www.rit.edu/dubai.

The university held its 14th annual RITirees Picnic in the Gordon Field House on June 13. The picnic honored all RIT retirees and welcomed a new class of retirees from 2012. The 2012 “RITirees Award” honored retired faculty member William Keyser from the School for American Crafts and retired staff member Linda Sallade, shown here, from Student Affairs.

The university held its 14th annual RITirees Picnic in the Gordon Field House on June 13. The picnic honored all RIT retirees and welcomed a new class of retirees from 2012. The 2012 “RITirees Award” honored retired faculty member William Keyser, left, from the School for American Crafts and retired staff member Linda Sallade from Student Affairs.

Orange and brown are popular colors in the wardrobes of the Lamb family. From left, Connor, Chuck, Susan and Devin are all active members of the RIT community and “tigers” at heart.

Ryan Norris, left, and Benson Yu, fifth-year engineering majors, are part of the senior-design team that helped put a little extra swirl in Wegmans Food Markets marble cakes. The team designed equipment consisting of swirler modules to be used in the Bakeshop.

Design professor David Royka led a 10-week class whose project was to work with the Toy Resource Center in Rochester, a nonprofit that offers a variety of toys and equipment to enrich play experiences between children and their caregivers. Students in the class gained real-world experience with a client. Here, Christina Salvas, a third-year graphic design major, and Royka are in front of a logo she designed. The class wrapped up at the end of May.

RIT student Rachel Zoyhofsky is headed to the U.S. Olympic time trials in July for the race walk. If her time holds up, she will be selected to represent the United States at the London Olympic games. The environmental science student started competing in the race walk during high school and she is among the youngest competitors in the country in this event. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=49180.

Nicole Mallory, a third-year physician assistant student, competed in the U.S. Olympic trials for flat-water kayaking in April, hoping to earn a coveted spot on the Olympic team. She placed fourth overall in the 500-meter race and took second place in the 500-meter kayak double with her racing partner, falling just short of making the team. Mallory has her sights set on the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology and University at Buffalo held the Joint Workshop on Disaster Response May 30-June 1 to stimulate innovation in the remote-sensing industry by bringing together industry members, researchers and representatives of the emergency response community. The RIT Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response and the UB Center for Geohazards Studies shared advances in remote sensing technologies used to create “information maps” that can assess damage to buildings and infrastructure, detect toxic plumes in water or conduct land-cover analysis to identify crops contaminated by radiation, such as in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi. The event was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation, RIT Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, and the UB Center for Geohazards Studies.