John Ahearn, sculptor, painter and printmaker, spoke about his work and met with RIT painting students Jan. 13. Ahearn's work is included in major museums and collections around the world.

A. Sue Weisler

Noted landscape photographer Edward Burtynsky unveiled new photographic works, which are part of his series "The Landscape of Oil," during a presentation at RIT Jan. 21. The series will be featured in an upcoming book of the same name as well as a solo exhibition presented by the Corcoran Gallery of Washington. Burtynsky's talk was sponsored by RIT's Caroline Werner Gannett Project.

Elizabeth Lamark

Bevier Gallery hosts the Rochester-Finger Lakes Middle and High School Exhibition for student artwork Jan. 30-Feb. 25. More than 250 pieces of work from artists in grades 6-12 will be featured, including the drawing, Close Your Eyes, by Kelly Kowal, a 12th grader at Webster Thomas High School. This year the exhibition is also featuring the work of some of their teachersВ—many of whom are RIT alumni.

A handful of RIT students and staff recently built a cutting-edge high-definition production and broadcast trailer to broadcast SportsZone Live-a cable sports TV show covering RIT's home hockey games. The trailer-constructed in only four months-is the only one of its kind in upstate New York. "The knowledge from the work that our students have received from this is changing and molding their whole careers," says James Bober, lead engineer at RIT's Educational Technology Center. "We are providing a down-to-earth application that gives them an edge. They walk out of here with the practical experience they couldn't get anywhere else." For more on this story, visit www.rit.edu/news/?v=46562.

Elizabeth Lamark/ETC Photo