R.I.T. news & events October 17, 2008

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RIT celebrates groundbreaking for Vignelli Center for Design Studies; Sustainability Ph.D. gets state approval; Roar Day: The fund for RIT; Athletics opens doors for NTID student; Annual staff awards honor outstanding employees; Professor captures beauty, science in winning image: ‘Spinning string’ photo intrigues judges at International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge; Philanthropy everyone can believe in; Moka Lantum selected as next Minett Professor: Diversity education in business, health care is instructor’s goal; RIT Dubai sets standards for future collaborations; Brick City Homecoming 2008; Scientists peer through frozen ‘cooling lake’ to gauge energy production;RIT helps create the next step in the information revolution—quantum optics; Administrators to assist sponsored research team; Research looks at environmental impact of marine gas emissions; RIT, Harris Corp. team up to enhance communication security; The key to student retention; RIT music director wins prestigious fellowship: Sabbatical will focus on research of 18th-century music, history; Campus Week of Dialogue, Oct. 27-31; On the Web