Photo Spotlights

Marissa Masek, a fifth-year photographic sciences and biology student, celebrated her 23rd birthday on Dec. 2 by inviting friends to a studio filled with 360 balloons to toss around and photograph.

Bethany Choate ’06 and Matthew Heimbueger ’06 are building their own 2,048-square-foot sustainable home in suburban Rochester. The imaging science graduates plan to move in by the end of this year.

The Tiger’s Next Top Model competition concluded with a runway show on Nov. 22. Students Hailey Koth and Kyle Brossoit were chosen as the winners at the end of the show.

RIT men’s hockey fans cheered for their team during the game with St. Lawrence University Nov. 23.

Effective this semester, Grace Watson Dining Hall has eliminated disposable to-go containers and replaced them with reusable ones. The new containers are washable and will be collected in drop-off kiosks around campus, brought back to the dining hall and washed. RIT wants to turn Gracie’s into a zero-waste facility.

After making its debut during a prestigious event in New York City this summer, one of the 13 original pieces that metal sculptor Albert Paley created for a Park Avenue exhibition has a permanent home on the RIT campus. Cloaked Intention was installed Nov. 20 in the quad between Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Louise M. Slaughter Hall. The acquisition of the piece was made possible by a gift from longtime RIT trustee Ann Mulligan.

Key state officials, including Secretary of State Cesar Perales, joined the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council at a meeting at RIT’s MAGIC Center on Nov. 18. The meeting concluded a day-long tour and visit by state officials to review the council’s progress on current and future priority projects.

The RIT men’s and women’s hockey teams, Corner Crew, Pep Band and university members gathered on Nov. 19 to sign the last ceiling beams to be installed into the Gene Polisseni Center.

Students from the CIAS Honors Program offered holiday portraits to raise money for their trip to Italy over the intercession. Allison Parssi, center, a second-year photography student, puts her studio experience to work while Jasmine Lockwood, right, a third-year new media design student, gets smiles from even the youngest of subjects.

Dance groups from all genres competed Nov. 15 in CAB Friday Night Live and Velocity Dance’s annual contest to crown RIT’s Best Dance Crew. To see more CAB events, go to rit.edu/studentaffairs/cab.

RIT men’s hockey junior captain Matt Garbowsky, along with Brad McGowan, and women’s hockey junior captains Celeste Brown and Lindsay Grigg, invite the Rochester and RIT communities to sign the last ceiling beams Tuesday before they are installed into the Gene Polisseni Center. The event will take place 1-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the lower level of the Ritter Arena and RIT locker room entrance. The rink is scheduled to open in time for the 2014-15 season.

Students walked toward the residence halls during a snowy afternoon at RIT.