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Local teens learned "old time" photography science this summer in RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences' laboratories. Thanks to a grant from the American Academy of Applied Science and the enthusiasm of Scott Williams, assistant professor in imaging photographic technology, Phil Burdick of Rush-Henrietta and Danielle Merritt of Caledonia delved into 1850s photographic processes. "The underlying purpose of the summer apprenticeship program," says Williams, "is to examine historical processes in today's scientific contexts." He set the teens up to research and make ambrotypes, cyanotypes, kallitypes, salt paper and oil printing, all of which are hundreds of times less sensitive to light than today's film.
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| NEW FEMINIST WRITING AWARD |
The College of Liberal Arts has presented the first Akyuz/Ozmen Award to Kendra Riley, a senior in Food/Hotel Management. Tina Lent (right) and Kit Mayberry (left) congratulated Riley along with other faculty members of RIT's Women's Studies Concentration who judged entries. The award, funded by a grant from Adobe Systems Incorporated, recognizes outstanding student accomplishment in feminist scholarship. RIT M.F.A. computer graphics design alumni Su Akyuz and Aysegul Ozmen founded the award after winning the 1996 Best of Show in Adobe's Flash Point Student Design Contest for their feminist video, Perception. Riley's winning paper analyzed Alfred Hitchcock's films from a feminist perspective.
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Alcoa Closure Systems International Inc. has donated $45,000 to support RIT's Packaging Science programs, especially in the food and beverage areas. Alumnus Thomas P. Hennessy, now a product manager with Alcoa and a member of Packaging Sciences Industry Advisory Board, was instrumental in securing the donation. Pictured (from left) are Vice President for University Relations Nathan J. Robfogel; Hennessy; Wiley McKinzie, dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology; and Packaging Science Chair Daniel Goodwin.
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| LET THE SPEECHES BEGIN |
May 1997 RIT graduate Chris Rice found time last spring, amidst final projects for his woodworking and furniture design bachelor's degree, to create a commissioned podium of purple heart, mahogany and maple. He crafted the one-of-a-kind stand for Rochester's historic Ebenezer Watts Conference Center, Monroe County's new place for press conferences, speeches and meetings.
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| PERSEVERE FOR SUCCESS |
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| HOW STICKY CAN IT BE? |
Liquid, red jello, that is. Photography M.F.A. student Zoë Sheehan Saldaña tests her one-foot mold before making the final three-foot cube of the reddest jello made (and donated) by Kraft Foods. The project, sponsored in part by RIT's Creative Arts Committee, honors the 100th anniversary of the gelatin delight invented in nearby LeRoy. "Part of the cube's appeal lies in its bridging of Minimalism's purity of form and Pop's commercialism," says Saldaña. "This is a project about welcoming people. It's accessible in a lot of different ways; if you don't care about art, you can still enjoy it." The final cube will end up on display in LeRoy.
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FUN IN THE SUN
Nearly 800 RIT faculty and staff broke their regular routines to participate in the first Staff Appreciation Day May 28. Sponsored by the RIT Staff Council, the event included a picnic lunch, music by Street-Wise, high-spirited softball and volleyball games and energetic horseshoe matches.
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