Photo Spotlights

The East House/RIT Enrichment Program is a two-week college experience offered to 40 individuals recovering from mental illness and/or chemical dependency. Classes, such as computer skills, public speaking, art, personal finance and more, are taught by community volunteers. Here, students participate in a mask making class. A graduation ceremony will be held on June 12.

Jake Torcello has been named recipient of the 2008 prestigious McGowan Scholarship by the E. Philip Saunders College of Business at RIT. Torcello, a third-year marketing business major, will receive a full scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year, made possible by a grant from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.

Pike Co. has donated a structure that will aid the study of RIT civil engineering technology students. The ‘Teaching Structure,’ located at the west entrance of the new College of Applied Science and Technology Building, will allow students to obtain a true understanding of steel framing and steel connections.

Cory Cress, a recent graduate of RIT’s doctoral program in microsystems engineering, conducted an experiment related to his research in photovoltaics. During his tenure at RIT, Cress worked to advance the use of photovoltaic solar cells in a number of applications, including their utilization in space satellites.

Park Point is scheduled to open for business in August 2008, featuring a 40,000-square-foot Barnes & Noble bookstore, several ethnic restaurants, a hair salon and upscale housing.

RIT Staff Council hosted its third annual Classic Car Display, featuring 50 classic ‘rides’ owned by RIT employees, retirees, trustees, alumni and students, as part of its yearly Staff Appreciation Day and Community Picnic on May 28. Above, Mike Saffran, associate director, University News Services, checks out the mileage on a ’55 Studebaker President Speedster, owned by alumnus Jerry Kier. A ’57 Triumph belonging to Timothy Engström, an RIT philosophy professor, is in the foreground.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s 123rd annual commencement took place on May 23-24. Here, a 2008 graduate gets a congratulatory hug.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s 123rd annual commencement took place on May 23-24. Here, a 2008 graduate relaxed at an outdoor reception hosted by his college.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s 123rd annual commencement takes place on May 23-24. It began with Academic Convocation, with Provost Stanley McKenzie delivering the keynote address.

Soo Young Kim displayed several pieces at the annual School for American Crafts “Walkthrough,” an open house to view students’ work from the academic year. Examples from the wood, ceramic, metals and glass studios were shown.

The annual School for American Crafts “Walkthrough” lured browsers from RIT and the Rochester community to look at students’ work from the academic year. Examples from the wood, ceramic, metals and glass studios were on display.

RIT hospitality and service management, computer engineering and software engineering students joined forces to create a program called Hotel Proxy, which allows hotels to connect to one another to check rate and availability information. The Courtyard by Marriott in Greece was one of the first adopters of the program.