Photo Spotlights

Tariq Siddiqi, an RIT third-year medical information systems student, shares his experience during a Campus Dialogue on Terrorism, Sept. 13, in Ingle Auditorium.

RIT students donate blood through the American Red Cross, Sept. 13, in the Fireside Lounge in the Student Alumni Union.

RIT students watch continuous news coverage of the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Sept. 11, in the lobby of Wallace Library.

Ray Winter, a second-year mechanical engineering student from RIT’s Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, kicks off the school year with the seventh annual "Pole Sit" fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Sept. 5-8. Fraternity members took turns sitting atop a 40-foot pole installed by Rochester Gas & Electric, and hosted other events including a car smash, dunk tank, concert, fireworks display and cookout.

A paper airplane design and flight contest highlighted Engineering Day 2001 for more than 400 first-year students in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering on Sept. 4. Students learned design tips from Boeing Co. project engineer Ken Blackburn, holder of the record, in the Guinness Book of World Records, for the longest-duration paper airplane flight, 27.6 seconds, set in 1998.

RIT President Al Simone gives Giscard James, a fourth year IT student, a ride to class on Sept. 6, the first day of classes.

RIT President Al Simone gives the Presidential Address to the Community, Sept. 5, during the 2001-2002 academic year opening ceremonies in Clark Gymnasium. Remarks were made by Prof. Joyce Hertzon, third from right, David Edborg, second from right, and Alfreda Brown, far right.

Wallace Library staff, dressed in aprons and carrying cooking utensils, stir student interest in the library and its services, Sept. 4, by handing out flyers and free treat coupons around campus.

One of six newly built Greek-organization residences set to open fall quarter. The houses will provide accommodations for 96 students. Also opening this fall is the final phase of University Commons apartment complex, adding accommodations for 192 students. A five-year, $65 million residence-hall renovation project, upgrading RIT's 13 residence halls, is wrapping up.

Cortney Harris (left), a youth advocate with the Hillside Work Scholarship Connection, works with Christy Cage, a student from James Madison School of Excellence, who spent five weeks on campus with 21 of her classmates as part of a summer GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) at RIT.

Workers build a brick patio outside RIT's Crossroads building.

Michael Peres and Andrew Davidhazy, professors at RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, are spending more than a year preparing for a remarkable international exhibition. Images from Science will feature photographs submitted from various scientific disciplines including biology, engineering, geology, medicine, oceanography and physics. The exhibition is scheduled for fall of 2002.