Photo Spotlights

Anne Haake won grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health to develop a medical-image database that uses physician input and novel eye-tracking techniques.

Christopher J. Kearney, chairman, president and chief executive officer of SPX Corp., has transformed SPX from a domestic automotive supplier to a global, multi-industry manufacturer in more than 35 countries. Kearney was the guest speaker for the E. Philip Saunders College of Business Executive Leaders Network Luncheon on July 22.

The STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Camp for Rochester City School District’s School #19, July 17-23 at RIT, included workshops in the various disciplines, sports activities and staying in the dorms. Here, some students look at their own cheek cells through a microscope connected to a computer in the Human Health and Disease workshop.

The STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Camp for Rochester City School District’s School #19, July 17-23 at RIT, included workshops in the various disciplines, sports activities and staying in the dorms. Here, some students look at their own cheek cells through a microscope connected to a computer in the Human Health and Disease workshop.

The STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Camp for Rochester City School District’s School #19, July 17-23 at RIT, included workshops in the various disciplines, sports activities and staying in the dorms. Here, some students look at their own cheek cells through a microscope connected to a computer in the Human Health and Disease workshop.

Dr. Fritz Henn, associate director of life sciences at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Brookhaven, N.Y., delivered the keynote address at the second annual Graduate Research Symposium on July 21. More than 100 masters and Ph.D. students from all eight of RIT’s colleges presented their research during the symposium.

Construction continues on RIT’s Global Village complex, slated to open this fall. Located on the southwest area of campus, the area features unique residential and commercial space with an international flair. In addition to housing students, the project will include a Mexican restaurant, international market, post office and wellness center.

National award-winning choreographers Bill Wade, right, of Cleveland’s Inlet Dance Theatre and Jamey Leverett, left, of Rochester City Ballet explore “What is Dance?” on July 13 at Nazareth College. The discussion, moderated by Thomas Warfield, director of the RIT/NTID dance program, was part of the week long Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival.

Roger Dube, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, is developing a monitoring system that will warn colonists on Mars about space weather storms and let them know when the danger has passed.

This project is a commemorative 120-page full-color book featuring the images of all 25 past Big Shot photographs from 1987 to the present day and illustrates how volunteers “painting with light” have helped make nighttime images of historical and contemporary architectural structures and landscapes. The contributing writers are Michael Peres, William DuBois and Dawn Tower DuBois.

Signatures Magazine, RIT’s student-run art and literary publication, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010. Above, John Roche, professor of English and Signatures faculty advisor, meets with the magazine’s editorial staff to discuss publicity and distribution of the current issue.

RIT hosted the Current Practices in Fine Art Symposium June 16-18. Representatives from renowned libraries, museums, archives and universities participated. They discussed research examining current practices in fine art image reproduction and how to establish a suggested framework for art image interchange that best supports research, teaching and conservation. Stephen Chapman from Harvard University, pictured at the podium, was one of the event’s moderators. To learn more about the symposium, visit artimaging.rit.edu.