Photo Spotlights

RIT Press author Jack Garner signs copies of his just-released book, From My Seat on the Aisle: Movies and Memories. The book launch was hosted by the George Eastman House and was preceded by Garner’s reading of selections from his book to a packed audience in the Dryden Theater on Sept. 12.

Matt Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, leads a class in matrices and boundary value problems.

RIT President Bill Destler, center, and Managing Director of Uncommon Rochester Josh Phillips listen while RIT Trustee Ronald L. Zarrella shares his vision for the charter high school that RIT and Uncommon Schools are partnering to develop. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50235.

Rick Tolleson, lab manager for computer engineering, plants a flag in the quad near the Sentinel for Patriot Day. Members of the Air Force ROTC sold flags for a $1 donation Sept. 9 and 10, with proceeds to benefit the FealGood Foundation, an organization that supports first responders injured following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Air Force ROTC also held a vigil Wednesday morning, playing “Taps” and saluting the flags at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:37 a.m. and 10:03 a.m.

Hundreds of students from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf spent Friday afternoon dancing, making new friends and learning about the variety of clubs, services and activities available for RIT students at the annual Apple Festival, put on by NTID’s Student Life Team.

Tony Harkin, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, balances a tensegrity structure on his hand. Structures with “tensional integrity” appear in architecture, engineering and biology.

In addition to a successful career as senior partner in the Marbury Law Group in Virginia, Jon Roberts, a 1970 graduate of RIT’s imaging science program, has maintained a steadfast passion for the arts and music singing with the National Symphony Orchestra and acting in theater productions. He serves on the President’s Roundtable and has established a scholarship with his wife, Jessie, in support of science students who participate in the performing arts.

The Gene Polisseni Center is starting to take shape. The arena will be the home of the men’s and women’s hockey teams and is expected to be open for play in fall 2014.

R. Roger Remington, RIT’s longest-serving faculty member, will be honored this fall for his lifework in graphic design. Remington, the Lella and Massimo Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, will also celebrate 50 years of teaching.

Preethi Gopalan, second from right, a microsystems doctoral student, explains the inner workings of a large-scale fuel cell to lab co-workers, from left, Valentina Mejia, Camila Gomez and Carmen Azzaretti. The four worked closely together this summer on several projects led by mechanical engineering professor Satish Kandlikar. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50199.

Installation of a time capsule marking the conversion from the quarter system to semesters took place on Aug. 29. The capsule contains a video of interviews with students, faculty, staff and alumni on what this milestone means for the university, plus a proclamation from the board of trustees and other memorabilia.

Wade Kellard, an RIT/NTID mechanical engineering technology major, demonstrates technology that converts hand shapes to text. He’s a member of MotionSavvy, a team of students who participated in the Saunders Summer Start-up Program, which provides mentoring for newly-formed businesses. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50200.