Photo Spotlights

First-year students arrived at RIT and participated in the annual “Tiger Walk,” where they were welcomed by a crowd of faculty, staff and Ritchie the Tiger.

A selection of ephemera related to Clifford M. Ulp, a Mechanics Institute professor and director of the School of Art and Design, 1913-1952. There are more than 100 paintings by Ulp and Milton E. Bond, another Mechanics Institute professor on view in a special exhibit. Also included are works by Walter Sacks (without an RIT connection) at the Antiques Mall of Rochester, 400 West Commercial St., East Rochester, through Aug. 30.

Economist Amit Batabyal explores weighty issues of sustainability in his new book Dynamic and Stochastic Approaches to the Environment and Economic Development (World Scientific Publishing Co.) Batabyal is the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics in the College of Liberal Arts.

Local teenagers are building computers and professional skills at RIT as part of the Summer Youth Employment Program sponsored by a federal grant offered through Rochester Works. Twenty-three students, ages 14,15 and 16, are building their own personal computers during the six-week summer camp. In addition, they are learning about team-building, how to write a resume and public speaking. The program is hosted by RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences and RIT’s Office of K-12. Here, Sasha Lebron listens to an explanation about computer security.

Robert Ulin, the new dean for the College of Liberal Arts, arrived at RIT on Aug.1. A welcome reception was held for Ulin, faculty and staff of the college.

High school interns participating in a summer program at the University of Rochester visited the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science July 30. Above, Casey Sukhavong tried on a mobile eye-tracker while Matthew Hart, an intern in the RIT summer program, explained its operation.

The American Culinary Federation held a week long conference for college chefs at the University of Massachusetts June 16-20. RIT chefs who attended, left to right, were Tom Savidge, Dale Courtright, Adam Soucy and Herlan Manurung. The group was awarded with a Bronze medal at the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Sanctioned Team Culinary Competition that was held the last day of the conference.

A selection of paintings created by Clifford M. Ulp, a Mechanics Institute professor and director of the School of Art and Design, 1913-1952. The images shown here are a small portion of the more than 100 paintings by Ulp and Milton E. Bond, another Mechanics Institute professor. Works by Walter Sacks (without an RIT connection) are on exhibition at the Antiques Mall of Rochester, 400 West Commercial St., East Rochester, through Aug. 30.

Barnes & Noble @ RIT is now open for business at Park Point. The 40,000-square-foot bookstore houses over 60,000 titles, a Starbucks Cafe and gift and clothing departments. Summer hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

High school teachers Deirdre Bonnell, left, and Dawn Hohmann, learned how to sequence their own DNA during the workshop Biotechnology Institute: Human Evolution and the Genetics of Race held at RIT’s Center for Bioscience Education and Technology on July 24. Sponsored by the Rochester Area Colleges Center of Excellence in Math and Science, the workshop introduced 14 science and technology teachers from Monroe County to biotechnology laboratory procedures that have revolutionized modern biomedical research.

Barnes & Noble @ RIT will open for business on July 28 at Park Point. The 40,000-square-foot bookstore will house over 60,000 titles, a Starbucks Cafe and gift and clothing departments. It will have wireless access throughout and a shuttle service to and from campus.

Project Lead the Way is a not-for-profit organization that promotes pre-engineering courses for middle school and high school students. Each year more than 400 high school teachers from attend the Summer Training Institute at RIT. During the intensive sessions, the math, science and technology teachers learn to teach the Project Lead the Way courses and implement the pre-engineering programs in their schools. Here, part of a team surveyed areas of the RIT campus.