Photo Spotlights

Richard DeMartino, associate professor at the E. Philip Saunders College of Business, and Gina O’Connor, associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, received an award for “Best Journal Article of the Year” in PDMA’s Journal of Product and Innovation and Management. PDMA’s Vice Chairman Rich Notargiacomo presented the award on Jan. 10.

Michael Hakans, a fourth-year biomedical photographic communications major in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, uses specialized photographic equipment and microscopes to capture images needed in the science and medical fields. The honors student did a summer co-op at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Mass., for Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc., an international company that designs and produces light and laser microscope systems. Zeiss MicroImaging loans equipment to the lab to support scientific research. Hakans was responsible for setting up the microscopes and making sure the systems worked properly.

RIT dedicated its new Fuel Cell Laboratory on Dec. 14 in the James E. Gleason Building. The facility, headed by Satish Kandlikar, the Gleason Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will coordinate with RIT’s Thermal Analysis and Microfluidics Lab and focus on improving the efficiency of fuel cell technologies. The lab is funded in part through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors.

U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter and RIT President Bill Destler, left, announced a $2.75 million partnership between RIT and Delphi to enhance the research of fuel cell production on Jan.7.

Exercise and lose weight usually top the list for New Year’s resolutions. Setting examples were over 125 RIT faculty and staff who participated in the Better Me Walk, the first event of 2008 sponsored by a new employee wellness program, Better Me.

Bevier Gallery at RIT hosts a juried exhibit, Exploring Boundaries: Evolutionary Metal through Jan. 23. This example, composed of silver, copper, brass, wood, plaster and porcupine quills, is a piece by Lynn Duggan. The show features art that combines traditional and nontraditional techniques in metalwork.

Oh deer! Watch for deer, fox and other wildlife in the woods and trails surrounding the RIT campus.

Michael Czarnecki, a New York poet and editor, journeyed in a car for 30 days along the length of the Mississippi River, from Lake Itasca, Minn., to Venice, La. Along the way, he visited schools, gave poetry readings, delved into the natural and human history of the region, and wrote a daily newspaper column for the Corning Leader and a daily journal report for 21 schools in three states. He discussed his work and experiences Dec. 19 in Wallace Library.

Park Point at RIT opens in the fall of 2008. The furnished apartments offer different layouts, 24/7 security, Internet service and more.

Bevier Gallery at RIT hosts a juried exhibit, Exploring Boundaries: Evolutionary Metal. The opening reception is 5-7 p.m. Dec. 14.

Jody Lehr shops for handcrafted, one-of-a kind holiday gifts at the annual School for American Crafts student holiday sale. Students’ work includes glass vases, blown glass ornaments, wood bowls, silver jewelry and ceramic wares. The sale continues through Dec. 13, 9-6.

Student performers practice during a dress rehearsal of “OurFaust,” the theater component of The Fate of Romanticism: From Faust to the Present, a three-day conference that explores the roots of romanticism. The conference events schedule can be found at fateofromanticism.rit.edu.