Grammy award winners will take the Ingle Auditorium stage at 8 p.m. Dec. 9. The Ying Quartet is coming to RIT as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series and will perform string quartets by Mozart and Tchaikovsky, among other pieces. Tickets are $6 for students, $14 for faculty, staff and alumni and $20 for the general public. Tickets may be purchased at the RIT Student Alumni Union candy counter or at the door on concert night, if available. For Visa or MasterCard orders, call the RIT Field House and Activities Center box office at 475-4121.

Submitted by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Bill Klingensmith, assistant professor of design in the School of Design, has picked up momentum with his Web site, www.driveproject.com. The above photos are just a few of the 6,000 images Klingensmith captured during his August road trip through the neighborhoods of New Orleans. Klingensmith mounted a digital camera to his car recording images every five seconds. “I wanted to let people see New Orleans with me,” Klingensmith says. “Maybe this kind of intimate visual experience will serve as a reminder that New Orleans residents are still dealing with tremendous challenges from Hurricane Katrina a year later. I hope the photographs will inspire people to help out in some way.” Klingensmith launched the Web site in 2005 after he documented his cross-country journey from Seattle to Rochester.

Submitted by Bill Klingensmith

Award-winning photographer Jay Maisel will give a free lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the Gosnell Building’s Van Peursem Auditorium. Maisel’s images have been used for advertising, editorial and corporate communications. His awards include the ASMP Lifetime Achievement Award, ASMP Photographer of the Year and International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award. His most recent books are Jay Maisel’s New York and A Tribute, an homage to the World Trade Center. Maisel has lectured all over the world and his prints are on exhibit in private, corporate and museum collections.

Submitted by Jay Maisel

David Bond, associate director of Sponsored Research Services, shares insights with Myrtle Jones, School of Print Media assistant professor, during RIT’s annual Grant Writers’ Boot Camp. More than 30 principal investigators from across campus took part in the intense three-day workshop Nov. 20-22. Sessions focused on developing research projects, approaching potential sponsors and writing grant proposals. RIT’s PIs earned more than $35 million in sponsored funding during the 2006 fiscal year.

A. Sue Weisler | photographer

Fifty-five first-year students in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences worked during the fall quarter on the Collaborative Conflict Theme Project, under the direction of Stephanie Cole, a lecturer in Foundation Studies. Pollution by Ruth Sylverstre, is one of the sequential works on display Dec. 12 through Jan. 12 in the third-floor showcase in the James E. Booth Building. The project was part of the foundations curriculum.

Submitted by Ruth Sylverstre

Beautiful, handcrafted gifts like these made by Trevor Fruchey, second-year graduate student, will be among the pieces sold at the annual School for American Crafts student holiday sale. The sale will be held 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 13-14 in the Student Alumni Union lobby. It’s a school tradition for student artists from all four areas–ceramics, glass, metals and wood–to sell their wares. The money helps defray costs of student projects throughout the school year. Shoppers can buy one-of-a-kind items from silver jewelry to blown-glass ornaments to wood boxes to ceramic bowls. The pieces typically range in price from $10 to $50.

A. Sue Weisler | photographer