Photo Spotlights

Waving orange pompoms and carrying signs, hundreds of RIT hockey fans welcomed home their tenacious Tigers during a Friday afternoon on-campus rally. The RIT Men’s Hockey team made its first-ever debut in the NCAA Division I Frozen Four in Detroit April 8. RIT lost 8-1 to the Wisconsin Badgers. It was a storybook season for the Tigers who set several school records, including most wins (28), longest winning streak (12) and fewest goals allowed per game (2.18).

About 2,000 Tiger fans, including many students clad in RIT colors, gathered in Gordon Field House to support and cheer for the men’s hockey team in its Frozen Four debut. The Tigers were defeated 8-1 by the Wisconsin Badgers.

College of Science students Jessica Beiter, right, and her best friend, Brittany Ambeau, won tickets to watch tonight's game in Detroit.

Time Warner Cable has joined RIT’s effort to bring more K-12 students to campus for the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 1. Time Warner and RIT see the event as a way to expose young people to innovation, creativity and the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines.

RIT students, faculty and staff showed their school spirit April 6 during the official send-off and pep rally for the RIT men’s hockey team. The free event, sponsored by the Center for Campus Life, was an opportunity to show Tiger pride as the men’s team prepare to face-off against University Of Wisconsin at the NCAA Division I Frozen Four championships in Detroit April 8. Here, coach Wayne Wilson addressed the crowd.

Frozen Four Frenzy continued with a viewing of the inspirational film Miracle shown at the Greek Lawn April 5.

Duncan Wersinger and Erin Jankaukas, both first-year College of Science students, purchased their Frozen Four T-shirts at Barnes & Noble @ RIT last week.

The men’s hockey team had its final practice on the ice in Frank Ritter Arena April 5 before leaving for Detroit for the NCAA Frozen Four.

RIT men’s hockey head coach Wayne Wilson instructs his team during a practice session in Frank Ritter Arena on April 1.

RIT hosted a Frozen Four Frenzy barbeque April 2 to celebrate the men’s hockey team’s advance to the semifinals in Detroit.

Fans line up for hockey tickets outside Gordon Field House in the early hours of April 1. The RIT Tigers men’s hockey team will compete against the Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA Frozen Four at 5 p.m. April 8 at Ford Field in Detroit.

RIT students were treated to a Caribbean dinner and entertainment at Gracie’s on March 24. Dining Services prepared grilled shrimp, mahi-mahi, rice with black-eyed peas, sweet potato fries, fried yucca, salsas, jambalaya, curried bananas and a variety of desserts.