Photo Spotlights

Comedian Aziz Ansari, known for his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” entertained a crowd on Feb. 4. The event was part of the annual Freeze Fest celebration on campus that continues through Feb. 6.

Gospel Fest 2011 featured a performance by gospel legend Smokie Norful, whose music and message is widely known throughout the gospel community. The event was part of the annual Freeze Fest celebration on campus that continues through Feb. 6.

RIT’s second annual Freeze Fest kicked off Feb. 4. with a variety of wintry events including Rail Jam. Travis Newberry, a second-year mechanical engineering student, showed off his skills to onlookers.

Students mob the Student Union to pick up free T-shirts, pens and gumballs to prepare for Freeze Fest Feb. 4-6.

The annual Packaging Science Career Fair took place on Feb. 2. Several company representatives are RIT alumni including two from Rich Products Corporation. Brian Rudyk, left, and Brooks Davidson, right, are packaging science graduates.

More than 200 female students in the Rochester City School District visited RIT for Women in Sports Day Feb. 1. The young students, ranging in age from 10-16, were paired up with female RIT students—many of them student-athletes—for an evening of mentoring and celebration. The students were also invited to cheer on the RIT women’s basketball team during their game that evening. The evening was hosted by RIT’s Center for Women and Gender.

The Stephen Neil Cooper Comic Book Collection was donated to RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press. Cooper, an alumnus of RIT, amassed a synchronized collection of 202 comic books that were on candy store racks and newsstands in April 1956.

RIT alumnus Jerry Elman ’77, ’84, owner of Schoen Place Auto in East Rochester, offers female and senior customers an honest place to come for their auto repairs. Elman earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and an MBA.

Rochester performer and storyteller Rafe Martin spoke in Peter Lovenheim’s Narrative Nonfiction class on Jan. 25. He talked about the structure of a story and what is important to include for it to be a successful read. Lovenheim, adjunct professor of English at RIT, is the author of seven books.

Kathy Carcaci, currently RIT’s longest serving staff employee, has been a part of the campus community for 45 years. She has seen RIT transform from a close-knit neighborhood campus in downtown Rochester into the sprawling, state-of-the-art university that it is today.

Fourth-year industrial design students are busy fabricating chairs they designed and created using Wilsonart laminate. The project is part of a partnership with Wilsonart International, spearheaded by RIT professor Josh Owen. Next month, the students’ final chair designs will be juried by international design professionals. The winning student design will be among those featured at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in May in New York City. The top student will win a $1,000 scholarship.

Gerard DeLone, a chocolate lover from Facilities and Management Services, sampled a variety of homemade truffles at the Brick City Catering open house on Jan. 21. Customers ordering Valentine’s Day truffles will be entered into a drawing to win a free truffle-making class with chef Autumn Geer, on right.