Photo Spotlights

NTID Performing Arts presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a classic Halloween tale performed in American Sign Language and voice and featuring music, dance, life-sized puppets, shadow puppetry and more. The production is directed by Luane Davis Haggerty, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28-29 and 2 p.m. Oct. 30 in Panara Theatre.

Designer and author-turned-reality-television-star Lisa Roberts shared her catalog of design knowledge with RIT students during a visit to the Vignelli Center for Design Studies. Roberts, featured in the television series “My Design Life,” was the guest in the Vignelli Design Conversations. Roberts is the author of Antiques of the Future.

Frank Warren, the creator of the popular PostSecret blog, shared stories and secrets Oct. 26 at RIT. At the College Activities Board-sponsored talk, Warren discussed why the blog is important and why he has made suicide awareness part of his life’s work. The College Activities Board even launched its own PostSecret website, where RIT students could post their own secrets and read secrets posted by other RIT students.

Thanks to videoconferencing, students from RIT’s main campus and the American College of Management and Technology campus in Zagreb, Croatia, were able to connect with each other and share their first-year experiences. The students spoke about the similarities and differences among the schools and their various cultures. This was part of Maureen Barry’s Interpreting Discovery class held Oct. 25 in the Center for Student Innovation.

Barnes & Noble @ RIT hosted a meet and greet with the RIT women’s hockey team on Oct. 21 to benefit The Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester.

As part of his recent trip to RIT international campuses in Croatia and the United Arab Emirates, President Bill Destler visited RIT Dubai for a new campus dedication ceremony on Oct. 24. He was joined by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al Nahyan (second from left), the Dubai minister of higher education and scientific research; Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoum (center), chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis; and other dignitaries. “The seeds of RIT Dubai’s success have been planted and are now being carefully nurtured by this outstanding group of leaders,” Destler remarked.

Members of the RIT women’s hockey team walk out of their new, state-of-the-art locker room before a recent practice. The one-story, 12,000-square-foot locker room addition is located on the east side of the current 52,125-square-foot arena. It houses the new men’s and women’s hockey locker rooms, coaches’ facilities, treatment space, equipment storage.

RIT/NTID alumnus Matt Hamill, NCAA wrestling champ and former Ultimate Fighting Championship contender, took over the Frisina Quad on campus and enlisted student talent to film a music video in collaboration with Sean Forbes (not pictured), who has gained fame as a hip hop artist since graduating from RIT/NTID. The release of the music video coincides with the premiere of The Hammer, a movie about Hamill’s life. The movie, which was filmed in part on the RIT campus, opens Oct. 27 in select theaters nationwide.

For more information on show times and locations, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=48661.

Area students participating in the advanced manufacturing and nano-tech certificate training program worked in the clean room in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering as part of their coursework. The program prepares students for entry-level positions in advanced manufacturing and high-tech industries such as microelectronics and photovoltaics, two growing sectors in western New York. Students participated in classes on microelectronics, surface mount technology and polymer processing. The program is a joint venture between the Genesee County Economic Development Center, Genesee Community College and RIT.

David Kidder, co-founder and CEO of Clickable, a Web service that brings simplicity to online advertising, was the keynote speaker for the RIT Entrepreneurs Conference on Oct. 21. Kidder ’94 (industrial design) received ID Magazine’s International Design Award and Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008. He serves on the national board of the Smithsonian and is currently authoring The Startup Playbook, which will be published by Chronicle Books in April 2012.

SEAL, the Student Environmental Action League, hosted its 12th annual E-Cycling Day on Oct. 20. Members of the RIT community were invited to drop off their old electronics for recycling at no cost. The event provided students, faculty and staff with a responsible and convenient option for disposing of e-waste.

The Brick City 5k run took place on Oct. 16 around the RIT campus. It was one of the final events during RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend, Oct. 14-16.