Photo Spotlights

RIT's Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars enjoy a reception in Fireside Lounge before their awards ceremony, April 4.

Harvey Palmer, RIT president Albert Simone, and James Watters serve Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in the Student Alumni Union, April 3, to kick off this year's United Way fundraising campaign.

RIT students order lunch at Henry's restaurant, operated by RIT hospitality and service management students, which opened for spring quarter on March 26. Serving at the eatery, George Eastman Building, room 4125, is from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, through May 14. For more, visit

RIT faculty, staff and students assemble cardboard containers for the RIT Recycling Campaign in the Student Alumni Union lobby, March 29. The assembly and distribution of these containers is being handled by the S.E.A.L. club and is sponsored by facilities management.

A dance troupe from ARC of Monroe County performs in Fireside Lounge, March 27, as part of RIT's Diversity Week activities.

Daffodils begin to bloom beside the George Eastman building on the first full day of spring, March 21.

Brian Dagan, first-year information technology major, helps students Krystal Bush, Laura Grzywna and Sara Brooks program a LEGO Mindstorms robot, as part of RIT's second annual "Shadow Day," March 14-15. Thirty-seven high-school junior girls from more than two dozen schools in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania participated in hands-on engineering-related activities with RIT student mentors, attended classes and spent a night in an RIT residence hall.

RIT students and staff participate in a drumming circle, March 18 in Fireside Lounge during A Tribute to Women, a celebration of women's history sponsored by the RIT Women's Center.

Otto Vondrak, a member of RIT's model railroad club, carefully assembles a model railroad train on the track. The club hosts their annual spring show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, in the Student Alumni Union lobby.

Robert Paine (left), RIT chemistry professor, and Cindy Gary, senior research administrator, watch the live NASA webcast, Partners in Progress — The President's Management Agenda and the Higher Education Community, March 14 in the Carlson Building.

David Scheiderich, fourth-year software engineering major, sits outside his temporary home along the quarter mile, March 13. Members of Alpha Phi Omega become homeless for a couple of days annually the first week of spring quarter to raise money for the Salvation Army.

Nabil Nasr (right), director of RIT's National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery (NCR3) watches Bill Flynn, president of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), affix a plaque to NCR3's Partners and Affiliates Wall, inducting NYSERDA into the program, March 12.