September 23, 2005 news&event Rochester Institute of Technology w w w.rit.edu/newsevent s RIT revolutionizes Cruising along on the nanotechnology The ìincredible shrinking transistor î ì We will be able to enhance in modern computer chips has revo- courses and laboratories, expand fac- lutionized science, technology and ulty expertise and attract bright stu- applications in electronics, mechan- dents from multiple disciplines to ics, photonics, biology, magnetics and gain experience in RITís state-of-the- chemistry. And nanotechnologyóthe art semiconductor fabrication facil- manipulation of materials at the ity,î Kurinec says. ì Partnerships atomic levelóis with Vinnie Gupta of mechanical expanding rapidly engineering in developing nanochar- into MEMS acterization capabilities and with (microelectro- Ann Howard in the College of Liberal mechanical sys- Arts in service learning are some of tems), biotechnol- the key components of this program.î ogy and optoelec- This grant will also be used to pur- tronics. chase a state-of-the-art nanoscope for The evolution visualization of nanoscale structures. of semiconduc- Santosh Kurinec The program is also supported by tor technology Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft into nanotechnology and MEMS is Corp., National Instruments Corp., Universities from the Northeast, Midwest and Canada will help celebrate a fall tradition on the Genesee River as RIT driving demand for graduates trained Texas Instruments Inc. and the and the University of Rochester host the 2005 Stonehurst Capit al Invit ational Regatt a Oct. 9. The collegiate races in a cross section of disciplines, lead- Semiconductor Industry Association. begin at 9 a.m. Thousands of spectators will converge on Genesee Valley Park for this free community event that ing RIT to expand a program pro- of fers boating, food, entert ainment and children s activities. V isit www.stonehurstregatt a.com for more information. A. Sue moting multidisciplinary education This grant will also be and the recruitment of women and minority students to the Kate Gleason used to purchase a College of Engineering. st ate-of-the-art RIT professor studies The National Science Foundation nanoscope is funding a three-year, $1 million for visualization program, led by Santosh Kurinec, Rumors often have mathematical modeling of rumor works and will professor and department head of serious side effects. propagation. use insights and microelectronic engineering, that cre- National Science Foundation Arecentrumorofa ì Rumors play an important part in a data gained from ated an elective sequence for micro-e funding is a follow-up to a $100,000 suicide bomber at a variety of human attitudes and actions, empirical students and a new minor for non- planning grant received in 2003 that religious ceremony yet we know little about how they pro- research. micro-e students, allowing them to triggered an institute-wide review of in Baghdad led to a liferate,spread and die over time and Second,labora- customize a concentration and access engineering curricula. The study stampede that space,î DiFonzo says.ì In addition, tory experiments new courses in nanotechnology. highlighted flexible curricula as the killed 950 people. researchers in the social and mathe- willbecon- The program also offers expanded key to the larger goals of enrollment Rumors can con- Nicholas DiFonzo matical sciences have rarely collabo- ducted in which Bernard Brooks co-op and service opportunities for growth and expansion of job oppor- tribute to ethnic rated to combine their knowledge in groups of net- students, and it creates outreach tunities for graduates. tensions,reduce product sales and sully the field,making major breakthroughs worked participants select and discuss programs for underrepresented ìRITís College of Engineering reputations. more difficult.î rumors via e-mail.Both modeling and minority studentsópreparing them played a key leadership role more Although rumors have been studied ì Rumor is a dynamic phenome- experiments will investigate how social for the workforce in high-tech fields than 20 years ago when it established by social scientists for a long time,little non, with its characteristics changing space,group membership and network that are making the transition the nationís first B.S. program in scientific data is available on how rapidly and varying widely between homogeneity affect group-level rumor to nanoscale. microelectronic engineering to rumors spread within social networks. groups,î Brooks adds. ì By using new selection and belief over time.Finally, address the needs of the semiconduc- A new study by researchers at RIT mathematical models, combined with an exploratory arm of the study will tor industry,î says Harvey Palmer, will attempt to model how rumors a psychological framework, we can pilot aWebsite for collection of field dean. ì Today, RIT builds upon those spread in the context of social networks develop an entirely new system for data related to propagation mecha- Col n roots by expanding its educational and how they ultimately affect individ- analyzing and understanding rumorís nisms and will search for archival scope to include the latest advances in uals and groups in society. effect on society.î repositories of rumor. named the field, assuring that the next genera- The project,led by Nicholas DiFonzo, DiFonzo,Brooks and their team will The project is funded by a $749,546 tion of graduates will be equipped to associate professor of psychology,and attempt to use two diverse methodolo- grant awarded to DiFonzo and Brooks Assistant Attorney develop cutting-edge technologies and Bernard Brooks,assistant professor gies combining the expertise of both by the National Science Foundationís General Robert products that will drive economic of mathematics and statistics,will be mathematicians and psychologists. Division of Behavioral and Cognitive ColÛn has been growth in the industry.î n the first major attempt to meld First,rumor selection and belief will be Sciences. n named RITís Michael Saffran | [email protected] psychological and social data with mathematically modeled in spatial net- Wil Dube |[email protected] Frederick H. Minett Professor for 2005- 2006, a part-time appointment that S tudent spotlight Sunny outlook leads student all the way to runs until May. Robert Col n Sesame Street In his role This student spotlight is a monthly feature highlighting student success stories at RIT. with the New York State Attorney Generalís office, ColÛn oversees all ì Sunny day. Sweepiní the clouds I had there,î says Adams. functions of the Rochester regional away. On my way to where the air is Soaking up every moment and office including supervising attorneys sweet. Can you tell me how to get, opportunity is the way Adams lives and staff members. In addition, how to get to Sesame Street?î LaToye her life. At RIT, Adams has served as ColÛn helps to establish policy in Adams, a fourth-year film and ani- resident advisor, senator for the conjunction with the New York State mation student knows the way to College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Attorney Generalís office. Sesame Street. Adams spent this past volunteer and mentor for the The Minett Professorship recognizes summer with Grover, Big Bird, Bert, Womenís Center and also been area minority professionals and brings Ernie and the other characters at involved on various committees of them to campus to share their knowl- Sesame Workshop, the company Student Government. Sheís currently edge and experience. responsible for producing Sesame a member of Delta Phi Epsilon and Past Minett professors include Street as well as other childrenís tele- works part-time as a teacherís assis- Gladys Santiago, vice president of the vision series and educational out- tant at Margaretís House. Itís no sur- Rochester City Council and senior vice reach programs. Adams was a pro- prise that her leadership was recog- president of the Ibero-American Action duction assistant for the summer, nized early onóshe was one of the League; Essie Calhoun, vice president, working right up until she had to recipients of the Freshman Leadership Eastman Kodak Co.; and Rochester return to RIT for the fall quarter. Scholarship. And last fall, her ani- Mayor William Johnson. n ìI couldnít imagine not taking mated film Mother to Son was V ienna Carvalho | [email protected] advantage of every single moment S tudent spotlight, p age 4 L a Toye Adams plays with some of the toddlers at Margaret s House. A. Sue Weisler | pho -

September 23, 2005 | 1 | www.rit.edu/newsevent s Pedagogue of digit al printing W inters to host port folio review

RITís School of Photographic Arts 100 national and and Sciences kicks off its Charles international awards Arnold Lecture Series with a pres- from American entation by Dan Winters, one of the Photography, top commercial photographers in Communication the country. Winters will give a free Arts, The Society lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, of Publication in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Designers, and Life Imaging Science auditorium. magazine. Winters Winterís also will hold a portfolio received a World review session from 9 a.m. to 1 Press Photo Award p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in the for a portrait of Neblette Conference Room in the actor Leonardo Frank E. Gannett Building. DiCaprio. Winters is known for his wide Wintersí photo- range of photography including graphs are in the Frank Romano, professor emeritus in RIT s School of Print Media, at celebrity portraiture, scientific pho- permanent collect- podium, was honored with the Cary A ward at Print 05 in Chicago on tography, still life photography and ion at the Houston Sept. 11. Romano, a longtime educator, typographer and prolific photojournalism. Museum of Fine writer , was a leading entrepreneurial force during the inception of digi - His photographs have appeared Art and in the tal printing. He wrote the first report about on-demand digit al printing in such magazines as The New York Harry Ransom in 1980 and led the first conference on the subject in 1985. He was Times Magazine, Esquire , GQ, Center in Austin, the princip al researcher for the book, Printing in the Age of the Web and V anity Fair and Entert ainment Texas. n W ell known photographer Dan Winters image of fellow Beyond .Throughout his career, Romano has written more than 40 W eekly . Winters has won more than Kelly Downs | photographer Leon Kuballa. Winters will lecture at RIT books, most about digit al printing. RIT s School of Print Media pres - ent s the Cary A ward annually to those who have distinguished them - Scholarship help s break cultural barriers Howie Day to perform Sept. On Sept. 11, 2001, basis. Despite this, they are all happy Lama, something that is impossible America experi- to be in America and hope to help in Tibet due to the Chinese occupa- Howie Day, a songwriter from Maine, enced one of the fellow Tibetans at home. tion. will perform in Clark Gymnasium at greatest tragedies ìI want to teach Tibetans English ì Seeing the Dalai Lama will be the 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28. in its history. and provide them with a quality edu- chance of a lifetime,î Thargay notes. The 24-year-old musicianís newest However, in the cation, something most people in my ìI hope one day all Tibetans will be album, S top All the W orld Now, has aftermath many country can not currently receive,î able to hear him speak in our home- received international acclaim. citizens came Wangmo says. land. I also hope his message of peace Collide , the albumís hit single, is cur- together to work Rhona Genzel Thargye adds, ì Tibet is an excep- and nonviolence inspires govern- rently among the top 20 songs on hand in hand to tionally poor country and most peo- ments and organizations throughout Billboardís adult contemporary chart. help our community and our nation ple spend their days simply trying to the world.î Ticketsó$5forstudents, $10 for rebuild. One of those people was survive. Coming to RIT has been a Genzel sees the experiences of the faculty/staff/alumni, and $20 for the Rhona Genzel. dream come true for me, and I want Tibet students and the other mem- generalpublicóareavailable at the The longtime director of the to ultimately help other Tibetans bers of the English Language Center Gordon Field House and Activities English Language Center at RIT saw follow their dreams and better as the first steps toward creating Center ticket window. Call 475-4121 the attacks as a horrible outgrowth of themselves.î greater cultural understanding and forinformationortobuyticketsby ethnic rivalry and the lack of under- All three students are also amazed knowledge. phone.Visit www.howieday.com. n standing between peoples, religions at the freedoms Americans enjoy and ì Watching my students grow Becca Nelson |[email protected] Howie Day will perform Sept. 28. and cultures. To address the problem, often take for granted. Tibet is cur- and change over their time here Genzel worked to create the Scholar- rently under Chinese rule and is incredibly uplifting,î Genzel ship for Global Understanding, an human rights and civil liberties are says. ì Their transformation and Riding across America RIT fund designed to assist foreign greatly restricted to the point that the positive impact they have on students in coming to America to Tibetans are unable to visit certain everyone they encounter gives me study at the English Language Center Web sites and must use the Chinese hope that we can move beyond and learn more about our culture. pronunciation of their names. The our prejudices and become a more The scholarship specifically targets students will soon be taking a trip to tolerant society.î n students who, due to monetary con- New York City to hear the Dalai W ill Dube | [email protected] cerns, would otherwise not have the opportunity to come to America. ì This scholarship was my own effort to make the world a better place,î Genzel says. ì Through creat- ing a better understanding of differ- ent cultures we can reduce the fear and stereotyping that can often over- whelm all of us. It is my hope this program will help our foreign stu- dents and the American students they encounter develop more open views of culture, race and ethnicity.î The program is currently hosting Howard Woolridge of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speaks to three students from Tibet with assis- student s and faculty before his present ation at RIT last week. tance from the Tibet Fund. Dechen W oolridge, a former police of ficer and longtime advocate for the Wangmo, Tsering Thargye and legalization of drugs, is nearing completion of a 3,400-mile tour from Thupten Thargay arrived in America Los Angeles to New York City on horseback to raise awareness a week ago and are still adjusting to concerning needed reforms of national drug control policies. RIT s the vast cultural differences and lan- Tibet an student s Dechen Wangmo, Tsering Thargye and Thupten Thargay in dep artment of criminal justice sponsored his speech. Howard s guage barriers they face on a daily RIT s English Language Center. W ill Dube | photographer

Dist ance learning exposes rural Pole position community to RIT

Two educators have created a processing, was offered to future. unique distance-learning program advanced-placement physics In addition, Pow has presented to expose rural schools to high-tech students last spring. on the course to other instructors science education. The course included three hours here at RIT and to a group from the Joseph Pow, associate director of in-class instruction and three University of Rochester. He hopes of the Chester F. Carlson Center for hours of live online work with Pow to publicize its success to other col- Imaging Science, and Chris Bond, teaching from RIT. leges and high schools in the area science teacher at Dickerson High The technology also enabled Pow throughout the school year. School in Trumansburg, N.Y., are to provide power point presenta- ì It is my hope that this course utilizing the Internet to connect tions and interactive assignments. serves as a tool for the development interested students with RITís The program was Web based and of similar programs at RIT and state-of-the-art research facilities required no additional software at at other universities in the region,î and instructional opportunities. the high school, keeping costs to a Pow says. ì It is an incredibly Trumansburg is a small, minimum. The course was well useful instructional tool with Alan Mikolajczuk greet s fellow student s from atop his perch during rural community 1.5 hours received by students and Pow and minimal costs for school districts the 11th annual RIT Pole Sit. Members of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, from Rochester. Bond are planning to offer a simi- and tremendous gains for their who took turns at hanging out 40 feet above campus on a utility pole, Pow and Bondís class, a one- lar program this fall and hope to students.î n raised money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The four-day event week mini-course in digital image expand it to other classes in the Wil Dube |[email protected]

September 23, 2005 | 2 | www.rit.edu/newsevent s Xerox VP is next series Bevier Gallery 2005- The next install- Women in 2006 shows ment of the America,î and Women in Time, which Interspersed between contemporary 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Leadership recognized her metal artists, childrenís book illus- 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-4:30 Speaker Series will as one of the trators and award-winning art by p.m. Saturday, 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday. feature Ursula most influential students from western New York, For information, call 475-7680 or Burns, senior vice figures in global RIT faculty and students will show- 475-2646. n president of business. case their own artistry during the Marcia Morphy | [email protected] Xerox Corp. Ursula Burns Burns serves 2005-2006 season at Bevier Gallery. Burns will pres- on a number of n Faculty Exhibition: through ent her free talk at 3 p.m. Thursday, professional and Oct. 12. An annual exhibition Oct. 6, in the Xerox Auditorium, community showcasing recent work by full- News briefs James E. Gleason Building. boards including and part-time RIT faculty from the In her presentation, Burns will American School of Art, School of Design, S PAS gallery show share the lessons Xerox Corp. learned Express, Boston School for American Crafts and SPAS Gallery, located in the as it reinvented itself from the ìcopier Scientific Corp., Joanne Isham, lef t, deputy director of the National Foundations Department. Frank E. Gannett Building, inau- company î into a $16 billion technol- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was the featured speaker for n Made in America: Oct. 21-Nov. gurates the new academic year ogy and services enterprise that helps Association of the series on Sept. 15. A. Sue Weisler | photographer 16; opening reception 5-7 p.m. with Graduate 1+2+3, an exhi- businesses find better ways to work. Manufacturers Friday, Oct. 21. An invitational bition of new work by MFA President of Xerox Business Group and the University of Rochester. faculty and other members of the showcase of contemporary metal graduate students. The exhibi- Operations since 2002, Burns worked In January 2005, as part of RITís campus community of new and artists in the U.S. including David tion includes both still and mov- her way up the corporate ladder after 175th anniversary celebration, the emerging developments in key fields. Freida, Cappy Counard, Jack and ing imagery, with prints of vari- starting at Xerox as an engineering Women in Leadership speaker series A series goal is also to inspire stu- Marilyn DaSilva, Jeff Wise and ous contemporary and historical intern 25 years ago. was launched featuring some of the dents, and RITís women students in Steve Midgett. processes, and video. Graduate As the leader of Business Group nationís most influential women in particular, to excel in their professions n The Original Art 2005: Dec. 9- 1+2+3 will be on display until Operations, a $14 billion division business, government, technology and and to set high career aspirations for Jan. 10; opening reception 5-7 p.m. Sept. 25. For more information, with 12,000 employees, Burns has a the arts, sharing their insights and themselves. Past speakers include Friday, Dec. 9. This traveling exhi- call 475-2770. significant impact on the companyís experience in their respective fields. Joanne Isham, deputy director of the bition of original childrenís book productivity, innovation and bottom The series highlights the profes- National Geospatial-Intelligence illustrations is sponsored by the Fuel research event line. Her contributions to Xerox have sional accomplishments of its fea- Agency, NASA space shuttle pilot Col. Society of Illustrators. The skyrocketing cost of fossil earned her accolades from publica- tured speakers in disciplines that are Pamela Melroy and ESPN Vice Note: The gallery will be closed fuel emphasizes the importance tions like Fortune, which named her part of the RIT program portfolio, President Tanya Van Court. n Dec. 24 to Jan. 1. of alternative fuel research. Find one of the ì50 Most Powerful and is intended to inform students, V ienna Carvalho | [email protected] Bevier Gallery hours are out more about the latest break- throughs at the RENEW NY open house, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, in the Louise Slaughter National venture fund conference at RIT in Building. The event, featuring exhibits that highlight the work An entrepreneur event will take place in September past RIT Minett professor. ì We in predominate now,î Strommer says. of early-stage renewable energy with a great idea 2006. Rochester are proud to be chosen as She also noted RITís High companies from across western still needs cash to The conference attracts approxi- the host city for what is sure to be Technology Incubator. ì Itís very New York, is free and open to successfully mately 300 to 350 of the top an important event not only for our clear Rochesterís entrepreneurial the public. launch a product national and international invest- venture-capital and angel-invest- spirit shines.î Hospit ality alum p anel from lab to ment and development leaders, rep- ment partners, but for the entire ì The 2006 conference holds Theresa Nicklas í79 (general market. resentatives from venture capital business community as well.î tremendous promise for our dietetics and nutrition care), With that and seed funds, technology com- Sue Strommer, CEO of the associ- region,î says RIT President Albert professor of pediatrics in the in mind, the Michael Finney mercialization organizations and ation, said her organization selected Simone. ì Getting this conference of Childrenís Nutrition Research National legal and financial firms. The pri- Rochester for a number of reasons, some 300 to 350 of the top national Center at Baylor College of Association of Seed and Venture mary focus of the association is on including a history of innovation, an and international venture capitalists Medicine in Houston, will be Funds, the premiere network of pri- innovation capitalóthe funding, exceptional entrepreneurial talent and seed fund investors to come to among alumni featured in the vate, public and non-profit organi- knowledge, relationships and influ- base, active seed and venture funds, Rochester is great, but it is not the School of Hospitality and zations committed to investment in ence needed to develop and com- and a robust international economy. end game. The end game is to Service Managementís alumni local entrepreneurs, has selected mercialize innovative technologies ì While Kodak, Xerox and Bausch & ensure that these investors, when panel, 3:30-5 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Rochester as the host city for the and ventures. Lomb drove the regionís economic they come to Rochester next year, Chester F. Carlson Center for conference. ì This is a wonderful honor for engine over the past century, it is find a community that is rife with Imaging Science building, room RIT will co-host the conference the Rochester region,î says Michael new startup companies, technologi- opportunities for their investments 1125. The panel will be followed with Greater Rochester Enterprise Finney, president and CEO of cal innovation at local universities and for a continuing relationship by the Hospitality Alumni and the University of Rochester. The Greater Rochester Enterprise and a and strong educational assets that Conference, page 4 Awards Dinner, 6-10 p.m. at the RIT Inn & Conference Center.

RIT welcomes Fired up

Survivors adjust to new life

When Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast Houston, Padron flew in August, RIT was one of the many colleges off to California. nationwide that opened its doors to students dis- While in California, placed by the now infamous storm. More than Padron contacted the 100,000 college students in the Gulf Coast scram- Fulbright Program, where bled to find ways to continue their education. he is an exchange student. RIT enrolled about a dozen students in the Established in 1946, the fall quarter and waived tuition for full-time Fulbright program is an undergraduate students. RITís mission: Help exchange of students, affected students maintain their progress toward scholars and professionals completing their college degrees at their colleges between the United States in the Gulf region. and other nations. First-year student Mark Stump pledges his support to Hurricane Katrina vic - Here are some of the survivor stories of stu- ì When I was applying tims during a remembrance ceremony at RIT s Interfaith Chapel. Af ter several dents now studying at RIT: with the Fulbright readings sponsored by the Center for Religious Life, President Albert Simone Diego Padron, a native of Ecuador, spent his Program, RIT was one of addressed the whys and hows of the Gulf Coast devast ation. Each of us summer in New Orleans studying as a first-year my top choices along with passes through life just one time; sometimes it s short, sometimes it s long. MBA student at Tulane University. Padron Tulane,î says Padron. ì I W e as individuals at RIT must do whatever we can to help ease the pain quickly heeded the call to evacuate the city and like what RIT has to offer even contributing just a dollar or two and then collectively, we can make a Ceramic pieces similar to this began looking for airline flights two days before in terms of technology at one, created by Richard Katrina struck. the MBA level. So the Fulbright people suggested Kara Brown is a native of Rochester but has Hirsch, professor in the ìI tried to reserve a flight to California to visit RIT and the College of Business, and this made quickly become a veteran of hurricane evacua- School for American Crafts, some friends, but the price of a ticket went from sense to me.î tions. In 2004, Brown evacuated New Orleans for will be among the RIT talent $200 to $1,000 within a matter of hours,î says Padron arrived in Rochester just in time for a week as a freshman at Dillard University as showcased in a gallery exhibi - Padron. the first week of class and is now an MBA stu- Hurricane Ivan hit the region. For Katrina, Brown tion at Mill Art Center and Instead, Padron and seven other classmates dent, concentrating in e-commerce. ìRIT has escaped with her friends by driving to Dallas. Gallery in Honeoye Falls. The car-pooled and drove to Houston the night been very great,î he says. ì Everyone has been ì Itís a good thing we left because my school exhibition, Fired Up, features before the storm. ì Most of my friends just very helpful and the facilities are very, very nice.î was right in the middle of it,î says Brown. Brown ceramics sculpture, vessels packed for a few days. I packed quite a bit more Padron is hoping to return to Tulane in called up a Web site of New Orleans showing a and pottery by SAC faculty because I had a bad feeling.î After three days in January. Hurricane Katrina, p age 4 and graduate students. The show runs through Saturday,

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tomers. A. Sue Weisler | photographer

S tudent spotlight from p age 1 Let the games begin among those featured in Rochesterís something into a production. People you donít realize what goes on out- High Falls Film Festival. are human beings. Even though they side your own environment. In Her dream job is to run a chil- may be a company CEO or a vice- spending time in meetings with fac- drenís television network. She got a president, they still have a husband ulty, staff and President Simone, I taste of what it would be like while that gets on their nerves or a child began to respect all the work they at Sesame Workshop where she that kept them up all night. They are do. I began to appreciate RIT that worked on promotions, commer- real people.î much more and worked that much cials, brand videos and script writ- Itís the kindness and dedication of harder to stay here.î ing. The experience combined her real people here at RIT that have Adams has worked at Margaretís love of production and working with made her college experience a mem- House since day one of her fresh- people. orable one. man year to help pay her tuition. ì I like calling people up and hear- ì I started participating in com- And her mother took on a second ing about their day and then seeing mittees and meeting staff members job. Adams recalls how her family how we can work together to build on campus. As a student sometimes couldnít afford to make the drive from their home in Paterson, N.J. to visit the campus after she learned Rolling out the welcome mat she had been accepted. A handwrit- ten letter from an admissions coun- selor in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences changed their minds. In a Sept. 15 announcement in RIT s Gordon Field House and ì It was in a nice little card and I Activities Center , Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, far right, showed it to my mom and she said, announced that the Empire State Games will be held July 26-30, ëwe are going to go.í My mom saw 2006, at area college campuses including RIT. Over the next several the attention that RIT gave and no months, Brooks will announce volunteer opportunities for the public. other university had ever even A W eb site is under development at www.rochesterem-

returned a phone call, let alone a pirest ategames.org. A. Sue W eisler | photographer hand-written letter. And we were so amazed at the first-class treatment we received during our visit. My mom said, ëWe are going to do what Hurricane Katrina Conference from p age we need to do to get you here, even from p age 3 though weíll be scraping by.íî with our entrepreneurs. What that In May, Adams will be the first in satellite view of Dillard. She zooms means is that we need to use this her family to graduate from college. in and finds her campus deluged announcement as our impetus to She hopes there will be a job waiting with water. ì Dillard is near Lake implement such a climate of invest- for her at Sesame Workshop. Sheís Pontchartrain where the levees ment opportunity in the region. Itís RIT s Wallace Library welcomed back the campus community during not worried though. ì They gave me broke. It is just unbelievable.î an opportunity for further commer- ti s annual fall open house Sept. 1. Student, faculty and st aff visitors a wonderful confidence that I could Brown is now studying criminal cialization of university-based enjoyed library tours, refreshment s and informational sessions on contribute to something greater than justice at RIT.ìRIT is showing me research, an opportunity for univer- library services. Here, some student s show off their creativity by myself.î Adams adds, ìLife just fig- so much love. I am blessed to be at a sity spinoffs and startups to access painting ceramic pot s that af ternoon. ures itself out.î n prestigious university. My mom and additional funding, and an opportu-

A. Sue Weisler | photographer Kelly Downs | [email protected] dad really wanted me to come home nity for established small and mid- to Rochester, but they wanted me to size firms to meet potential investors live on campus and get the college who can help their businesses grow.î experience. I am very lucky to be Simone joined Finney, Strommer Max Factor gives $100K to safe and at home.î and UR President Joel Seligman in Laura Sanchez was just setting announcing the 2006 event at a The Max Factor Family Foundation program, supported by a grant from thropic focus,î says Max Factor III, up her new apartment at Loyola press conference held Sept. 20 at the has awarded $100,000 to RITís the National Science Foundation. ì which, in part, is to encourage University in New Orleans when GRE offices in Rochester. n National Technical Institute for the Through the initiative, more than human development among needy news came to evacuate. She fled to B o b Finnerty | [email protected] Deaf for an information technology 300 deaf professionals nationwide populations in the Greater Los Texas with friends and a week later training and career development who work in business, government, Angeles area.î she found herself getting oriented to Correction workshop series for deaf and hard- and non-profit organizations have In addition, NTID will deliver its RIT on the first day of classes. of-hearing Latino American adults successfully completed a variety of Working Together workshop, which ì Itís been a crazy week and Iím An editing error to Belinda in the greater Los Angeles region. skill-enhancing workshops pre- teaches employers ways to integrate going to have to get some new Bryce s Sept. 8 V iewpoint s article ì This gift will allow us to com- sented in sign language. a deaf worker into the predomi- clothes . . . and some warmer inaccurately represented the bine our expertise in education and ìAn instructor familiar with deaf- nately hearing workplace. clothes,î jokes Sanchez, a native of author s comments. RIT has two technology with the foundationís ness is provided so the students can The Max Factor Family the Dominican Republic. Ph.D. programs. State approval is strong presence and community see what the instructor is signing Foundation has a long history with Family members advised Sanchez pending influence in the Los Angeles area to and also have ample time to view RIT, having established an endowed on attending RIT. The graphic design for a third program, in the B. improve this populationís career the examples,î says Hurwitz. scholarship at NTID in 1991 that major says RIT is the perfect fit while preparation and successful integra- ì Communicating in sign language has served 88 students from the she awaits word on the status of tion into the workplace,î says T. Alan allows people to participate fully in Greater Los Angeles area, and Loyola. Obituary Hurwitz, vice president of RIT and the workshop through group discus- another gift in 1996 to purchase ìI feel very welcome at RIT,î says CEO/dean for NTID. sions, problem solving and network- computer equipment for a network Sanchez. ìI look forward to getting NTID professors will customize ing with other attendees.î linking NTID to key organizations into the classroom . . . And I look Brian Jenerson, freelance and deliver the established Deaf ìNTIDís successful track record is in California allied to deafness. n forward to ice skating.î n inter preter and NTID alumnus, Initiative in Information Technology a perfect match for our philan- Karen Black | [email protected] Bob Finnerty | [email protected]

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