Photo Spotlights

The Cyberettes, a computer club made up of girls from the Fairport middle schools, visited RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Jan. 29. The visit was sponsored by the Women in Computing organization, which worked with The Cyberettes to film and edit 30-second videos using the iMovie software.

A student in the School for American Crafts grinds a tool in the forge room, one of the new renovated spaces in the school.

Mohammad Bilal led off the presentations for the Expressions of King’s Legacy: A Weeklong Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 25. The rapper, poet, writer, musician and diversity consultant was part of the cast of MTV’s Real World III: San Francisco series. He shared his 12 Steps to Appreciating Diversity for the RIT community, then performed with friend and fellow rapper Josh Goldstein.

The Liberal Arts Minor and Concentration Fair on Jan. 22 featured faculty representatives from the more than 40 minors and concentrations offered through the College of Liberal Arts. Here, students gathered information and handouts for study abroad.

The three finalists for RIT’s Public Speaking Contest, Bailey Smith, Nathaniel Huff and Charles Moreland, talk with Keri Barone, a lecturer in the Department of Communication and co-director of the contest, in the Campus Center. Moreland was named the winner for his speech “Endurance Training is an Ineffective Means for Weight Loss” during the contest finals Jan. 21.

In the Orange Hair Challenge, now in its third season, RIT President Bill Destler vows to dye his hair orange if RIT students and fans fill the stands at Clark Gymnasium for the men’s and women’s basketball games. The stands were not completely full Jan. 22, so a compromise was made—Destler dyed his hair with orange streaks.

Dana Marlowe ’98 (professional and technical communication), founding partner of the consulting firm Accessibility Partners, is a leading advocate in attacking the challenge of accessibility and helping businesses, government and ordinary citizens affect change. Marlowe gave a presentation Jan. 21 as part of RIT’s Communication Colloquium Series, sponsored by the Department of Communication.

NTID Performing Arts presents Little Women, based on the work of Louisa May Alcott and directed by Luane Davis Haggerty. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21-23 and 2 p.m. Jan. 24 in NTID’s 1510 Lab Theatre. For more information, visit NTID Performing Arts.

Artist Michael Singer has earned international acclaim over a three-decade career that has seen him play a central role in the development of the public art movement and its use in promoting urban and ecological renewal. Singer presented “Regenerative Design in the Public Realm” Jan. 19 as part of the Visionaries in Motion speaker series, sponsored by RIT’s Caroline Werner Gannett Project.

A Federal and Public Service Career Fair held on campus Jan. 20 drew about 160 RIT students and alumni and representatives from more than two dozen organizations seeking to recruit RIT co-ops, interns, graduating students and alumni. Above, Patrick Lloyd, a networking and systems administration graduate student (right), talks with Brian Haynes ’82 (computational mathematics), a deputy chief with the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland. Other organizations at the fair, held in the Louise M. Slaughter Building, included the FBI, the Defense and State departments, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, branches of the U.S. military and law-enforcement agencies.

As part of the Rochester City School District’s “Green Schools” program, 34 students and 10 staff members from various district schools attended a day-long workshop at RIT on Jan. 18 to learn more about the latest in eco-friendly employment opportunities. Here, they received an explanation about fuel cell vehicles.

Barbara Page, whose watercolors, oils and mixed media work have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries, spoke about her work and met with RIT painting students on Jan. 18.