Photo Spotlights

Ralph Barnes of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester chapter, makes injection-molded stars and screwdrivers for Rochester middle school students at the 10th annual E Engineering and Technology Fair held at the George H. Clark gymnasium at RIT April 27. More than 800 students participated.

Valerie Sirianni (back) and Korrie Kamp, both RIT Civil Engineering Technology students, practice with the RIT concrete canoe in preparation for competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, April 28, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Also at the event, another group of RIT civil engineering technology students will compete in a steel bridge assembly competition.

Students from Rochester city school #19, Dr. Charles T. Lunsford Elementary School, pass the time while waiting for their bus back to school after visiting RIT April 26 as part of the 12th Annual Education For Peace Conference. More than a dozen elementary schools visited RIT April 26, participating in the first day of the two-day conference.

RIT student Martin Fischer sprays environmentally-friendly dyes on a T-shirt for children from Margaret's House as part of RIT's Earth Day events, April 23. Events were held at the Student Alumni Union and the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies, Louise M. Slaughter building.

RIT faculty and staff get into growing mode April 20, cleaning up and preparing the RIT divisional garden beds for planting in mid-May. The divisional gardens are located in the quad bordered by the Gleason and Booth buildings.

"Water wars" served as the finale for the annual College of Business Survivor Olympics. Using Dixie cups and an old-fashioned fire brigade, students pulled water from a children’s swimming pool to fill a gallon jug. Members of the Lowenthal Group won this contest, but the American Marketing Association claimed the most overall points to successfully defend last year's championship.

Following his keynote address on April 18, RIT alumnus Christopher DiFrancesco (second from left) meets with Jessica Hager, Wilfredo Alvarez, Dean Andrew Moore and Cylinda Whitted. DiFrancesco's presentation served as a kick-off for Voices of a New Generation: The Third Annual Research Conference in the Liberal Arts.

RIT students test drive two of three mini-Baja cars to be raced in this year's competitions. RIT's mini-Baja team is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the Mini Baja Brazil April 19-22 -- the first of four 2001 competitions.

RIT students play with a Hacky Sack outside Wallace library on a recent sunny spring day.

RIT student Radka Jiraskova demonstrates the art of Easter Egg decorating in the Czech Republic in a Conversation Culture class on April 11.

RIT alumna Wendy Maruyama offers feedback to second year wood student Chris Franklin during a recent visit to campus. Maruyama, an international renowned furniture artist and educator, toured the woodworking studio and took time to speak individually with students. She also shared her expertise during a slide presentation that was open to the public. The event was sponsored by the School for American Crafts.

Thom Ingram reads a selection of poetry in promotion of the Poetry Slam, 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, in The Grind at RIT where 15 RIT Poets (students and staff) will battle it out in a Public Poetry Competition. The event is sponsored by the staff of Gibson Hall and the Center for Residence Life.