Photo Spotlights

Paloma Capanna, an RIT adjunct professor in political science, helped lead the RIT community in its search for George Delany and spoke at a campus gathering April 19 in the Schmitt Interfaith Center. The third-year political science major went missing last month. His remains were found April 17 in a wooded area in Steuben County.

David Bainbridge, popular-science writer, veterinarian, reproductive biologist and Clinical Veterinary Anatomist from University of Cambridge, visited campus April 18 as part of the Caroline Werner Gannett Project’s “Visionaries in Motion IV” speaker series. Jamie Winebrake, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and his wife, Susan, met Bainbridge during the book signing after the talk.

RIT students regularly give hour-long walking tours for prospective students, parents and other visitors to campus. The student perspective is important in addition to showing the academic, athletic and campus life facilities.

An exhibit by Pamela E. Witcher, featuring a selection of work from the past 10 years, is on view in the NTID Dyer Arts center through April 23.

Allison Caton, 9, found the golden egg at the annual Easter Egg Hunt April 16 at RIT. Her prize included a coloring book and paints. The event is co-sponsored by RIT’s Art House, the RIT Leadership Institute and Community Service Center, and Office of Alumni Relations.

RIT President Bill Destler, center; Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy ’93, center right; and Golisano Institute for Sustainability director Nabil Nasr, left, broke ground April 15 on a new facility for the Golisano Institute. They were joined by representatives from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the state of New York. The facility was made possible through a $13.1 million grant from NIST and $10 million in funding from New York state.

RIT President Bill Destler officially announced the establishment of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology on April 14. The institute will produce technological solutions to healthcare delivery and position the RIT-RGHS Alliance as a contributing player in the reform of the nation’s healthcare system.

“Frozen in Time!: The Synchronic Comic Book Collection of Stephen Neil Cooper” is now on display at RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection through June 6. The exhibition features all 202 comic books that were on candy store racks and newsstands in April 1956. Cooper gave a brief talk about comics and his hobby on April 14.

The book Sustainability Ethics: 5 Questions seeks to better define sustainability and address the key ethical concepts involved with sustainable development. It features leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, political science and ethics and is co-edited by philosophy professors Evan Selinger and Wade Robison along with Ryne Raffaelle, an affiliate professor at RIT and director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Center for Photovoltaics.

The Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery presents the 2011 College Clay Collective through April 28. College students from across the country are represented in the juried show, including three from RIT.

Students at James P.B. Duffy School No. 12 in Rochester learned a lesson in good health and wellness from RIT pre-med students. The RIT students have traveled to Rochester city schools throughout the year to teach the youngsters about good habits and healthy eating.

A sculpture exhibit by Gary Mayers, featuring a selection of work from the past 30 years, is on view in the NTID Dyer Arts center through April 23.