Photo Spotlights

Kevin Surace, CEO of Serious Materials, discusses sustainability and how his company “goes green” in implementing energy efficiency into the built environment. The RIT alumnus was the keynote speaker at the annual RIT Entrepreneur’s Conference.

RIT and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf explored the state of deaf entrepreneurship during a Deaf Entrepreneurs Roundtable on Oct. 14. The panel consisted of eight deaf and hard-of-hearing entrepreneurs from around the country who shared their keys to success and explained some of the challenges that they encountered along the way. Here, Philip Rubin, Corey Design Studio, responded to an attendee’s question.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter received the RIT Presidential Medallion in a ceremony at NTID’s Robert F. Panara Theatre on Oct. 13. Slaughter received the honor in recognition of her many contributions that have made a positive difference in ensuring the health and vitality of NTID over the years and in advancing causes important to deaf and hard-of-hearing communities throughout western New York and the nation.

Reynold Bailey (back), assistant professor of computer science, recently won a five-year $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his work on gaze manipulation techniques. Above, Peter Mahon, a graduate student in computer science, participates in a study to explore how various display techniques can be used to improve spatial memory recall.

The Google Trike visited RIT Oct. 11 to shoot the campus for Google Maps. Here, the rider tours the Global Village complex.

Nancy Rourke, an RIT/NTID alumna, is exhibiting a series of paintings about deafhood, deaf history and audism. Rourke gave a talk about her work on Oct. 6 in the NTID Dyer Arts Center. Currently there are two special exhibits by deaf artists, continuing through November 19.

Friends and supporters of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability gathered Oct. 6 to celebrate the recent awarding of a $13.1 million grant by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to construct a new green facility that will house the Golisano Institute’s research and education programs. Pictured, left to right, are New York State Sen. Joseph Robach, Paychex founder and chairman B. Thomas Golisano, Nabil Nasr, director of the Golisano Institute, and RIT President Bill Destler.

During a ceremony on campus Oct. 5, entrepreneur E. Philip Saunders, owner of Saunders Management Co. and founder of TravelCenters of America Inc., committed $5 million to RIT’s business college bearing his name to expand facilities, enhance technologies, create endowed professorships and offer graduate fellowships. He challenged all Saunders alumni and friends to raise an additional $15 million to support the college’s plans.

During a ceremony on campus Oct. 5, entrepreneur E. Philip Saunders, owner of Saunders Management Co. and founder of TravelCenters of America Inc., committed $5 million to RIT’s business college bearing his name to expand facilities, enhance technologies, create endowed professorships and offer graduate fellowships. He challenged all Saunders alumni and friends to raise an additional $15 million to support the college’s plans.

RIT’s Community Service Center and Women & Gender Center organize volunteer projects on various Friday afternoons. The volunteer projects focus on the needs of women and children in the Rochester community. A total of 12 students helped set-up for the annual Ronald McDonald House charity sale of household goods, collectibles and antiques on Oct. 1. Sorting and arranging coats are, from left, RIT students Kaiyue Wang and Emily Mazur. This year’s sale runs Oct. 14-16 at the former Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Henrietta.

The sisters of RIT’s Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and Yoplait yogurt kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month by sponsoring a yogurt-eating competition Oct. 1. For every Yoplait yogurt lid collected, Yoplait donates a portion of the proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

The sisters of RIT’s Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and Yoplait yogurt kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month by sponsoring a yogurt-eating competition Oct. 1. For every Yoplait yogurt lid collected, Yoplait donates a portion of the proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.