Photo Spotlights

The Better Me Wellness program, in collaboration with Dining Services, is offering faculty and staff themed cooking classes. The next class is December 3 and 16, from 4-6 p.m., for “Vegetarian Cashew Chili” featuring chef Oscar O’Flynn in the Brick City Cafe kitchen. RSVP to betterme@rit.edu, as space is limited. Here, O’Flynn demonstrated how to prepare and carve a turkey during an earlier class.

RIT’s campus was dusted with the first snow of the season.

More than 20 exhibits featuring RIT students, faculty/staff and alumni were on display at the second annual Rochester Mini Maker Faire Nov. 21 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Here, Ted Kinsman, assistant professor of photographic technology, demonstrates his coffee drip printer.

Twelve RIT students competed for the title of Mr. RIT by doing individual and group performances. The event is hosted by Delta Phi Epsilon to raise money for cystic fibrosis. Here, Ben Marus, center, shows off his dancing skills as part of the competition.

The Alumni Faculty and Staff Chapter and Alumni Relations hosted a breakfast Nov. 19 for alumni who work on campus. Julia Lisuzzo, who has worked at RIT for 20 years, is the leader of the chapter. The 2015 Golden Brick Awards were given to LaVerne McQuiller-Williams, Diedra Livingston and Richard Dirmyer at the breakfast. More than 200 people attended.

SUNY Geneseo President Denise Battles shared her experiences with RIT faculty at a luncheon on Nov. 20 sponsored by RIT Women in Science and the Engineering Connect Team. Here, Battles met with faculty members from WISE and Connect prior to the event. From left, President Battles, RIT Associate Professor Lea Michel and RIT College of Science Dean Sophia Maggelakis.

An exhibit commemorating the 150th birthday of Kate Gleason opened at RIT’s Wallace Center. The exhibit was organized by faculty in the museum studies program in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts and is on view through Dec. 18.

Members of the RIT community held a send-off event for the women’s cross country team this morning as the team left for its first NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship. They run at 12 p.m. EST, Nov. 21, at Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winnecome, Wis., hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

RIT alumna Patti Moore ’74 (industrial design) attended a presentation of students’ packaging designs for food and cleaning products on Nov. 17. The internationally renowned gerontologist and designer gave two lectures to students later in the day.

RIT students gathered to honor the victims of the recent terror attacks in Paris and in other parts of the world. Kevin Le Blevec, RIT visiting lecturer in French, organized the event to show solidarity with France through poetry and music. From left, RIT engineering students Antoine Rioual (Nantes,France), Justine Bonnot (Rennes,France) and Catherine Juliano (Long Island, N.Y.) applauded one of the musical performances.

Catch, the animated thesis film of Sarah Talbot ’15, was one of 12 films created by RIT women from the School of Film and Animation shown at the High Falls Film Festival Nov. 14. The festival showcases women filmmakers, directors and writers.

The Benigna Chilla exhibit of paintings, prints and illustrations is on display through Nov. 20 in the RIT University Gallery. Chilla gave a talk about her work during the fall.