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Sharon Morgan Beckford-Foster, visiting assistant professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, recently published her book, Naturally Woman: The Search for Self in Black Canadian Women’s Literature. The book is an exploration of the fiction and poetry of Canadian’s Caribbean writers.

Eliza Hammer, a third-year marketing student, was the lead fellow this past school year and a summer fellow a year ago at the Center for Student Innovation. As a summer fellow, she worked on a website for a clean-energy company that allows customers to show how they reduced their home’s carbon footprint. During the school year, Hammer designed a hydroponic system using polyvinyl chloride pipe. She loaned the system to The Harley School, a Rochester private school, so teachers could use it in their school garden. Hammer says RIT students are blessed to have facilities such as the Center for Student Innovation and the Rapid Prototyping Lab, which opened on an appointment basis last spring and is adjacent to the center in Global Village. There, students use three-dimensional printers and a laser cutter/engraver to produce prototypes.

Construction is moving along on the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The facility was made possible through a $13.1 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and $10 million in funding from New York state.

What started as a class project for Experimental Filmmaking has made film student Ben Disinger the hottest young commodity within the glitzy music-video industry. Disinger’s creation has become the official video for the song “Virgin,” performed by the rock band Manchester Orchestra. The video has gone viral, appearing online and on network TV outlets like Fuse and mtvU. In July, it won Best Music Video at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival, and Disinger earned Best Director honors.

Construction is moving along on the Golisano Institute of Sustainability. The facility was made possible through a $13.1 million grant from NIST and $10 million in funding from New York State.

RIT professor Callie Babbitt was presented the AT&T Technology and Environment Award by representatives from AT&T on Aug. 16.

Lil Kids on Campus, a six-week camp for children attending Margaret’s House Child Care Center at RIT, welcomed children from Julie Shahin’s kindergarten class at Rochester School for the Deaf on Aug. 12. All of the children enjoyed an outdoor carnival with games and activities and shared lunch together.

Lil Kids on Campus, a six-week camp for children attending Margaret’s House Child Care Center at RIT, welcomed children from Julie Shahin’s kindergarten class at Rochester School for the Deaf on Aug. 12. All of the children enjoyed an outdoor carnival with games and activities and shared lunch together.

RIT students were among dozens of community volunteers who volunteered during Lose the Training Wheels, hosted by the Gordon Field House and Activities Center Aug. 8-12. The camp helps kids with autism learn how to ride a conventional bike without training wheels, which organizers say builds self-confidence and provides inclusion with peers. UNYFEAT, an organization that supports individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families, sponsored the event. Here, Will Schlindler, an eight-year-old from Pittsford, gets support from Kris Spencer, a third-year interpreting student at NTID.

Christopher Sullivan, a mechanical engineering major, was among the more than 200 RIT students who participated in the annual Student Research and Innovation Symposium on Aug. 12. Sullivan presented his preliminary design of an ankle foot orthotic that adapts to differing terrain. Student researchers and innovators presented their work throughout the day at Louise Slaughter Hall and the Center for Student Innovation.

Nineteen students experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s Steps to Success weekend summer camp. The camp is for deaf or hard-of-hearing African-American, Native American or Latino students entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in Fall 2011, and who are interested in exploring careers in technology.

Nineteen students experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s Steps to Success weekend summer camp. The camp is for deaf or hard-of-hearing African-American, Native American or Latino students entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in Fall 2011, and who are interested in exploring careers in technology.