Photo Spotlights

RIT’s College of Liberal Arts hosted a Welcome Back Bash for students Sept. 15. The event presented an opportunity for students to meet faculty and staff and helped ignite school spirit and camaraderie among RIT’s Liberal Arts community.

Despite living off campus this semester, Ben Lubin still spends plenty of time in Photo House. Lubin was the president of the house last year and currently serves as the house’s historian. Past and present Photo House residents are celebrating the house’s 40th anniversary.

Hundreds of RIT/NTID students gathered Sept. 9 in the Frisina Quad for the annual Applefest, where dozens of student groups and clubs provided information about what they do. The NTID Student Life Team also provided a variety of apple treats and music.

Hinda Kasher, fine arts studio major from Brooklyn, created this ring sculpture from her Introduction to Sculpture class with Elizabeth Kronfield, in RIT’s College of Imaging Arts & Sciences.

Anthony Vodacek, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, is leading a MacArthur Foundation-funded study to benchmark the Lake Kivu region in Rwanda. Natural hazards and a large refugee population around the lake bordering Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have compromised the region’s biodiversity. The study involves Vodacek’s colleagues from the University of Rochester and the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Aristide Economopoulos, left, an award-winning photojournalist with the Newark Star-Ledger and an RIT alumnus, presented “9/11: Reflections and Remembrances” on Sept. 9. The talk was hosted by the Paul & Louise Miller Endowed Professorship. Economopoulos is one of eight RIT alumni whose work from 9/11 is on display through Oct. 17 in the Frank E. Gannett Building lobby. Here, he discusses the work with RIT President Bill Destler.

Aristide Economopoulos ’94 (photography), left, an award-winning photojournalist with the Newark Star-Ledger, presented “9/11: Reflections and Remembrances” on Sept. 9. The talk was hosted by the Paul & Louise Miller Endowed Professorship. Economopoulos is one of eight RIT alumni whose work from Sept. 11, 2001, is on display through Oct. 17 in the Frank E. Gannett Hall lobby. Here, he discusses the work with RIT President Bill Destler.

Janet Umugwaneza, center, education officer for the Rwandan Embassy, meets Diane Ellison, assistant vice president of graduate and part-time enrollment services, as a group of Rwandan officials visited the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science on Sept. 8 to discuss future collaborations between RIT and Rwandan universities.

George Lois, best known for his controversial magazine covers he designed for Esquire in the 1960s, had an exhibit of his advertising work in the University Gallery. Lois, along with renowned designer Massimo Vignelli, hosted a master’s design workshop at RIT July 24-30.

RIT students, faculty and staff are invited to the Farmers Market to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables every Thursday through Oct. 20. The market, on the east side of Gordon Field House, features a wide selection of locally grown produce, such as heirloom tomatoes, and other locally made products.

RIT’s Big Shot photography project is the focus of a documentary produced by Rochester public broadcasting station WXXI-TV. The documentary, RIT Big Shot: Painting with Light, premieres at 8 p.m. Sept. 8 on channel 21/cable 1011. The documentary tells the history of the nighttime photography project and shows images of all 26 past Big Shots. Video crews went behind the scenes to capture the making of RIT’s 26th Big Shot at the National Museum of Play at The Strong in May 2011 (final image seen above).

Rujul Shah, who hails from India and is completing her master’s degree in electrical engineering at RIT, says she often studies in the Wallace Library. “It’s where I go to escape the lab for a while; sometimes I even work on the community puzzle in the library because it relaxes me.”