Photo Spotlights

Saunders College of Business presented the Gasser Lecture Series featuring Jerry Greenfield, who co-founded Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with Ben Cohen in Burlington, Vt. in 1978. Recognized as a model for business success, the ice cream manufacturers were known for their social conscience and sense of humor, before the pair sold their “Chunky Monkey” and “Cherry Garcia” flavored franchises to Unilever for $325 million in 2000.

Comedian Bill Cosby kicked off the 2014 RIT Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend in front of a sold-out audience Oct. 16. For a schedule of the weekend’s events, go to www.rit.edu/gcr/brickcity.

Eight photographers from the Class of 1964 met with students and discussed the changes in photographic techniques and delivery. They all have transitioned from film to digital. The panel was part of Brick City Homecoming and they are here for their 50th Reunion.

Students in David Sluberski’s sound class from the School of Film and Animation test out audio using the Sentinel statue. The exercise involved capturing sounds that aren’t normally heard.

“Shop One: Then and Now” is an exhibit of work by artists affiliated with the original Shop One from 1953-1976. Shop One founders Frans Wildenhain, Tage Frid, John Prip and Ronald Pearson are showcased. Other artists include Hans Christensen, Hobart Cowles, William Keyser, Wendell Castle, Nancy Jurs, Albert Paley, Kurt Feuerherm, Tom Markusen, Richard Hirsch, Tarrant Clements and Alec Hazlett. The show takes place in Bevier Gallery from Oct. 13 to Nov. 8. A reception with many of the exhibiting artists in attendance will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 17.

Students play human foosball during the inaugural One SpiRIT: Global Hockey Festival on Oct. 11 outside the Gene Polisseni Center. The festival attracted more than 1,600 Tiger fans. The event linked RIT’s main campus with its international campuses in Croatia, Dubai and Kosovo via Cisco Telepresence videoconferencing technology, allowing RIT students around the world to interact with each other. Additionally, festival-goers were treated to an assortment of carnival games, live music, food, T-shirts and more.

The RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection celebrated its 45th anniversary Oct. 9. Highlighting the milestone event was the unveiling of the Kelmscott/Goudy iron hand press, the Albion No. 6551, which was acquired last December at Christie’s auction house. After undergoing months of restoration by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, assistant curator, the 19th century press is back in service. Visitors at the event were invited to print a keepsake on the historic press, assisted by Hugill-Fontanel.

The Internet of Things came to Rochester on Oct. 9, traveling in a mobile training center. RIT was one of the upstate New York stops on Atmel’s “Tech on Tour.” The company’s 40-foot by 85-foot trailer, complete with embedded systems technology, was open to students, faculty, staff and engineering professionals in the area. Atmel staff led demonstrations and trainings for participants about how these embedded systems are being used in automotive and transportation applications, robotics, gaming systems—and integrated together as part of the growing Internet of Things.

Scott Boone, left, and Mary Ellen Gauntlet print T-shirts for the upcoming One SpiRIT: Global Hockey Festival on the Print Hub’s new screen printing press. The shirts will be given away at the festival, which starts at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 11. The festivities outside the Gene Polisseni Center will feature live music, tailgating games, a special tailgate menu and more. RIT’s campuses in Kosovo, Dubrovnik, Zagreb and Dubai will join the festivities remotely through interactive technology as they host their own celebrations.

Peter Pincus, visiting assistant professor in ceramics in the School for American Crafts, demonstrates casting.

State and local government representatives joined RIT and area business officials during an Oct. 3 ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Digital Manufacturing and Product Realization Lab at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The primary purpose of the collaborative facility is to aid companies and independent innovators in translating ideas into concepts for evaluation and ultimately new products. National Manufacturing Day was Oct. 3.

Jim Craig, the goalie for the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal in Lake Placid, visited RIT on Oct. 3 for a number of events. He met with RIT student athletes for breakfast and will deliver a public presentation from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Robert F. Panara Theatre in Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall. It is free and open to the public.