Photo Spotlights

Marty Burris (right) and Bryan Hensel cajole College of Business students to help bail them out of COB County Jail, Oct. 31, to raise money for this year's class gift.

Bob Ertischek (standing) helps Christine Monikowski, associate professor at NTID, use Instant Messaging with video as she chats to Rico Peterson, chair of the ASL department at NTID (left) in Online Learning's Teaching and Learning Technology Lab during their Tech or Treat Halloween event, Oct. 31.

Mary Francis Winters gives her talk Only Wet Babies Like Change: Workplace Wisdom for Baby Boomers during Women and Work in the Age of Information, the College of Liberal Arts' William A. Kern Communications symposium, Oct. 25. Winters was RIT's 1994-95 Distinguished Minett Professor.

Members of the Caribbean Students Association raise the United Nations flag in the traffic circle , Oct. 24, in observance of U.N. day. Howell Geib, executive director of the U.N. Association of Rochester, was on hand for the flag-raising.

Wiley McKinzie, dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology, poses as different type of cast director, Oct. 18, during the annual CAST Bash. This year's theme was TV Land.

Mini-Baja team member Sam Rogers gets in some last-minute practice driving beore the team leaves for Pretoria.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson speaks to RIT students, alumni and parents in Clark Gymnasium, Oct. 12, as part of Brick City Festival and Reunion 2002.

Members of the RIT community gather for the opening of "Perspectives," an exhibit featuring work by seven deaf artists at the NTID Dyer Arts Gallery, Oct. 10. Participating artists include Sander Blondeel, James Canning, Randy Dunham, Donna Gustina, David Prusinski, Song Quan Shen, Eddie Swayze and Alex Wilhite. The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 22.

Sara Stryjewski, an RIT first-year graphic design student, paints a section of mural inside the 90-foot-long covered walkway built to ensure pedestrian safety along the quarter mile during construction of the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. The walkway, adorned with student art, was unveiled Oct. 10.

Dane Gordon, retired RIT philosophy professor presents his book, Rochester Institute of Technology: Industrial Development and Educational Innovation in an American City, Oct. 9 at Wallace Library's monthly "Meet the Authors" series.

Assemblyman Joseph Morelle and Assemblymember Susan John announce the New York state Assembly1s support of RIT's Center for Biotechnology Education and Training (CBET) with $4 million in funding, Oct. 8. This brings the total state funding to date to $8 million, including $4 million from the state Senate1s Gen*NY*sis fund announced last month by Sen. Jim Alesi. The $8 million will allow RIT to begin the design process immediately for a 46,000-square-foot facility to house CBET.

Olga Kern, 2001 winner of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, makes a guest appearance at Margaret’s House, RIT's on-campus childcare facility for faculty and student families, Oct. 4.