Photo Spotlights

The brothers of Phi Kappa Psi and sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha hosted the annual Mud Tug on Sept. 26. The proceeds from the tug-of-war contest went to the Fisher House Foundation, an organization supporting injured troops and their families.

RIT officially launched its Center for Student Innovation during a Sept. 25 ceremony. Ian Gatley, the center’s director, hopes the facility will be a place where students can collaborate on cross-disciplinary projects.

Alexander Rosenberg, artist in residence in RIT’s School for American Crafts’ glass program, works with students in their new and expanded facility.

Louverture Film’s creative vision of film in support of economic and social justice was the focus of a presentation by activist filmmaker Joslyn Barnes, who opened the 2009-2010 Caroline Werner Gannett Project’s “Visionaries in Motion III” Sept. 21. Barnes, the co-founder—with actor Danny Glover—of Louverture, has earned prominence for her social-issue fiction and documentary films, which include the Academy Award nominated Trouble the Water and the drama Bamako.

RIT is offering a significant scholarship program for graduates of the Rochester City School District who are admitted as freshmen to full-time study in baccalaureate programs at the university. The scholarship, for those meeting eligibility requirements, will cover full tuition at RIT for city students admitted to the freshman class starting in fall 2010. Here, RIT President Bill Destler (center) joined City School Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard (left) and RIT Senior Vice President Jim Miller to deliver the news.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT celebrated a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept.17 at its new custom designed classroom facility in the Riparian Independent Living Complex at Rivers Run. Osher is an academic-based and membership-led organization that stimulates minds and forges friendships among people ages 50 and older who live in Greater Rochester.

RIT/NTID alumnus Sean Forbes, co-founder of the Deaf Performing Arts Network (D-PAN), gave a performance on Sept. 17 in RIT’s Webb Auditorium. The event was sponsored by the NTID Student Congress and Barnes & Noble @RIT.

Jose Guzman, a fifth-year computer engineering major in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, is making his mark on campus in a variety of areas that include academics, athletics and organizational leadership. It’s common to find him inside the Gordon Field House and Activities Center or Student Life Center serving as a student employee supporting recreational activities and special events.

Students, faculty and staff attended a mini photo trade show Sept. 16 at The Digital Den, RIT’s electronics store. Vendors included Bogen, Leica, Dynalite, Nikon, Canon and others.

Kimberly (Manser) Kolb ’08 (microelectronic engineering) recently won a two-year fellowship from defense company BAE Systems to pursue a master’s degree in imaging science at RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science. She will focus her work in the application and design of imaging detectors in RIT’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory under director Don Figer.

Representatives of Kanazawa Technical College, Mamoru Mukai, associate director, Essential English Center (far left), and Dr. and Mrs. Hirofumi Yamada (the president and his wife), met with Harvey Palmer, dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering as part of a daylong visit that included a meeting with RIT President Bill Destler and members of the Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services. The visit marked the culmination of several months’ work by members of the group to recruit and hire several RIT engineering alumni to teach courses at the college in Japan.

The New York Artist Guild Fine Art Exhibition 2009 is on display through Oct. 4 in the RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center. An artists reception is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 12, with music by Chet Catallo.