Photo Spotlights

RIT students provided hearty Thanksgiving meals to five Henrietta families in need with the help of donations received during the annual Thanksgiving food drive. Students delivered the care packages Nov. 18. The effort was coordinated by the Center for Women and Gender and the Community Service Center.

Local entrepreneur and philanthropist, Janis F. Gleason, signed copies of her new book, The Life and Letters of Kate Gleason, on Nov. 18. RIT’s College of Engineering is named after Kate Gleason, an industrialist, mechanical engineer and real estate developer. The book, published by RIT Press, came to fruition after the author’s husband, James S. Gleason, the grandnephew of Kate Gleason and chairman of the Gleason Corp., allowed her access to family files that were discovered on the top floor of Gleason Works.

Students Brandon Mercer, Mady McKenna and Katherine Zickgraf, right, indulge in a hot, late-night meal during Midnight Breakfast Nov. 12. The annual event, hosted by the Center for Residence Life, helps students ease the stress of end-of-quarter finals by being served breakfast by faculty and staff members.

David Lallemant, an engineer working in Haiti with the World Bank Group, talked about ongoing challenges facing the disaster-response effort following the earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince earlier this year. The Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science hosted Lallemant’s visit to RIT as the keynote speaker at its annual workshop Nov. 12. Imagery collected from the disaster by RIT, and made freely available on the Internet, has led to a flood of innovative information products. Getting those products to the right decision makers is part of the challenge facing engineers and scientists working in remote-damage analysis, Lallemant says.

RIT officially launched Tiger Power Play—The Campaign for RIT Hockey at a news conference Nov. 12 in Ritter Arena. The initiative aims to raise $15 million toward construction of an arena seating up to 6,000 fans. President Bill Destler (at podium) introduced alumnus Stephen Schultz (left), co-founder and chief technical officer of Pictometry Corp., and his wife, Vicki Schultz, an RIT alumna. The couple presented the campaign’s opening gift of $1 million. Men’s hockey head coach Wayne Wilson (standing behind Destler) looks on.

RIT inaugurated a new chapter in the evolution of its championship hockey programs on Nov. 12. President Bill Destler officially announced the university’s campaign to build a new ice arena on campus. RIT alumni Stephen Schultz ’89 (computer science), co-founder and chief technical officer at Pictometry, and his wife Vicki Schultz ’94, ’99 (business administration, MBA) presented the campaign’s opening gift of $1 million. A founding member of RIT’s colorful Corner Crew cheering section, Stephen Schultz considers this donation an extension of his ongoing loyalty to the Tigers.

Bevier Gallery is hosting the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences “Faculty Exhibition”—an annual exhibit showcasing recent work by faculty members from the School of Art, School of Design, School for American Crafts, and Foundations. The show runs through Nov. 13.

Newly elected U.S. Congressman Thomas Reed, center, is sworn into office by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, alongside RIT President Bill Destler, at a ceremony Nov. 10 at RIT. Reed was elected Nov. 2 in a special election to represent the 29th District in New York, replacing Eric Massa.

A line formed for the opening of Nathan’s Soup and Salad in the Student Alumni Union lobby on Nov. 9. Nathan’s, a favorite restaurant on Park Avenue, now has an additional location in the former candy counter space. Nathan’s offerings include healthy homemade soups, sandwiches and breads.

John Roche, associate professor of English, co-edited Doing Time to Cleanse My Mind: An Anthology From the Inmates’ Poetry Workshop of Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, New York, 2001-2009 with Patricia Roth Schwartz.

Led by RIT, more than 400 student athletes and library staff from seven local colleges visited seven Rochester city elementary schools Nov. 5 to participate in the Giant Read. The event was funded by a grant RIT received from the John F. Wegman Fund through the Rochester Area Community Foundation. MCC, Nazareth, Roberts Wesleyan, St. John Fisher, SUNY Brockport and University of Rochester joined RIT for the event. The student athletes read to first graders and then joined in activities in the schools’ gymnasiums.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County President Freeman Hrabowski was the keynote speaker for the 2010 Campus Week of Dialogue on Nov. 5. He spoke about strategies to increase diversity, retention and student achievement, especially in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The Campus Week of Dialogue is sponsored by the President’s Commission on Pluralism and Inclusion and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.