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World-renowned visual futurist, graphic designer and illustrator Syd Mead, who worked on such films as Blade Runner, Tron, and Aliens will give a free presentation at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in Webb Auditorium in the Booth Building. The above image is one Mead created for the movie Blade Runner. His presentation is sponsored by RIT’s School of Design and the Central NY Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America. After the presentation, Mead will also sign copies of his new book, Sentury.

Professor James Winebrake, chair of science, technology and society/public policy in RIT's College of Liberal Arts, has embarked on a five-year study to analyze and evaluate consumer and industry responses to policy decisions on greenhouse gas emissions. Along with University of Michigan colleague Steven Skerlos, Winebrake will create a software program that predicts complicated market dynamics. The study is funded by $2 million from the National Science Foundation.

Ground was broken on the College of Applied Science and Technology Engineering Technology building during a ceremony Monday, Sept. 19. As part of the ceremony, CAST Interim Dean Carol Richardson (left) was presented with a piece of telecommunications equipment that will be housed in the building's REDCOM Telecommunications Systems Laboratory. RIT Trustee Klaus Gueldenpfennig (not pictured) is the president and chairman of REDCOM Laboratories Inc, which donated the equipment.

Alpha Sigma Alpha and Alpha Pi Epsilon are teaming up to raise money to benefit Cystic Fibrosis by riding a teeter totter. Pictured here are (from left) Ed Wolf, Jeffrey Patel and Andrea Hildreth and her 5-year-old mini dachshund, Heineken.

Twelve RIT students worked in a Learning Community this summer with community leaders and youth from the northeast Rochester neighborhoods. One project included the construction of the Agricultural Education Center at the Vineyard, the main production area for the Greater Rochester Urban Bounty (GRUB). The building will be used for community training and education activities focused on urban agriculture, including plant propagation, nutrition and food preservation. New Energy Works of Farmington donated more than $70,000 in materials and labor. Environmental Science graduate student, Stephanie Zettel, third from right standing on a beam, and Ross Klinedinst, a third-year business student, fourth from left, helped construct the building. Third-year civil engineering technology student Jennifer Page, assisted with construction management.

Alan Singer, professor of art in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, has a show opening on Friday, Sept.15, at The Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester. The exhibition, “Meta/Morph,” features paintings, monoprints, walls reliefs and sculptural objects done by Singer and RIT alumna Tarrant Clements ‘68 (American Crafts). The above artwork done by Singer, “Political Frenzy” is a watercolor and monoprint. The exhibition runs through Nov. 17.

Business executive at Twentieth Century Fox, Mark Resnick, is a private collector of American posters — the largest outside of the Smithsonian. Seventy-eight posters from his collection, as well as a companion book produced by RIT's Cary Graphic Arts Press, were unveiled during an opening reception of "The American Image: U.S. Posters from the 19th to the 21st Century," on Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bevier Gallery. The show runs through Oct. 11. Read the News & Events story.

Mike Klein and Robbie Horgan bear their stripes as RIT's beloved mascot, Ritchie the Tiger. Both students have volunteered as orientation assistants over the past two years, spending part of that assignment in costume. They admit to enjoying the "power" that comes with wearing the suit. "Just by raising your hands, you can get the crowd to go nuts," explains Klein.

Robert Chandler, RIT Libraries marketing communications specialist, shows off his tiger stripes at the Wallace Library open house on Sept. 1. The open house included interactive crafts, Tiger face painting, popcorn and other treats, informal tours of the library facilities and the opportunity for students to meet library staff.

Two of three candidates for New York governor appeared at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science on Aug. 30 during a town hall-style forum, sponsored by Time Warner Cable. Democrat Elliot Spitzer and Republican John Faso (shown here) appealed to voters inside the Carlson Center auditorium and those watching as part of a statewide telecast. The other Democratic candidate, Tom Suozzi, took part in the forum from Pace University in New York City. Spitzer and Suozzi face off in the Sept. 12 primary.

Two of three candidates for New York governor appeared at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science on Aug. 30 during a town hall-style forum, sponsored by Time Warner Cable. Democrat Elliot Spitzer (shown here) and Republican John Faso appealed to voters inside the Carlson Center auditorium and those watching as part of a statewide telecast. The other Democratic candidate, Tom Suozzi, took part in the forum from Pace University in New York City. Spitzer and Suozzi face off in the Sept. 12 primary.

Orientation Assistants take a moment to unwind during orientation week for first-year students. The week kicked off Sunday, Aug. 27 with move-in day and concluded Monday, Sept. 3.