Manhasset Resident Designs Signage for Prestigious Center for Detectors

RIT student Allison Conte helps brand research center

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Allison Conte (Credit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT)

ROCHESTER, NY (04/03/2013)(readMedia)-- Manhasset, N.Y., resident and Rochester Institute of Technology student Allison Conte designed glass and metal signage for the Center for Detectors at RIT.

Conte, a third-year graphic design major, is the daughter of Richard and Christine Conte of Manhasset, N.Y.

Conte collaborated with Center for Detector director Don Figer to produce a glass welcome sign measuring 32 inches high by 44 inches wide and three separate metal panels, each measuring 44 inches high by 24 inches wide, to describe the center's function and its role in detector application and performance. The images affixed to the metal panels can be removed and refreshed.

Designs and pictures of the four signs are now part of Conte's portfolio. She credits her design experience at the center for helping her land a summer internship with Procter & Gamble.

"I've had a lot of responsibility with this project," Conte says. "It shows that I'm able to handle the process all the way from the beginning to the end, and that I can produce professional designs."

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About the Center for Detectors

The Center for Detectors in Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Science advances the science and technology of photon sensors for astronomy, biomedical sciences, Earth science systems and inter-planetary travel.

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Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in business, computing, engineering, imaging science, liberal arts, sustainability, and fine and applied arts. In addition, the university offers unparalleled support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. RIT enrolls nearly 18,000 full- and part-time students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation.

For more than two decades, U.S. News & World Report has ranked RIT among the nation's leading comprehensive universities. RIT is featured in The Princeton Review's 2013 edition of The Best 377 Colleges as well as its Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013 names RIT as a "Best Buy," and The Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes RIT among the "Great Colleges to Work For 2012."

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