Photo Spotlights

Prospective homeowners admire the accommodations at The Moorings at Rivers Run at the grand opening Aug. 4. The $20-million housing community for individuals 55 and older is located along the banks of the Genesee River on 28 acres of land originally owned by RIT. In addition to 67 cottage homes for sale and 82 apartments for lease, The Moorings features a community center, a full-service restaurant, club room, lecture halls, fitness center, café/store, computer center, library and more. The community center will also be the future home of RIT’s Athenaeum.

Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy (center) and RIT President Albert Simone (left) today announced the creation of the Public Safety Initiatives Center (PSIC) charged with developing a comprehensive anti-violence plan for the City of Rochester. The public safety plan would involve law enforcement, government services and various community assets. PSIC will create public safety and anti-crime policies and initiatives based on data research of Rochester crime trends and patterns. Center director John Klofas, at right, chair of criminal justice at RIT, will serve as a loaned executive to the city for two years.

Barry Culhane, executive assistant to the president at RIT, stands in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Rochester. Monroe County and the City of Rochester will celebrate "Barry Culhane Day" on Sept. 9. Culhane is the president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester. Culhane is stepping down as memorial president later this year, after serving 20 years.

The Rochester Biomedical Experience, a collaboration between RIT and MCC, began earlier this summer with a white coat ceremony. Wilson Magnet High school graduate Brianca Parker and eight other students were given personalized lab coats to symbolize their new status as young scholars. Here, RIT President Al Simone gives Parker a hand while MCC Vice President Janet Glocker helps.

Michael Rogers, professor of glass in RIT's School for American Crafts, is one of six artists whose work is showcased at the Rochester Biennial at the Memorial Art Gallery through Sept. 10. The event is an invitational and features artists who live and work in the upstate New York area. This piece is In the Wake.

Fans cheer on the athletes participating in the Empire State Games, which concluded on July 30. RIT was among a variety of venues across the Rochester area hosting the four days of competitions. Organizers of the Empire State Games estimate that up to $10 million is pumped into the local economy by visitors who come to support the more than 6,000 athletes taking part.

New York City basketball players charge to victory over Long Island 68-63 during the Empire State Games on Friday. RIT was the venue for basketball and seven other sports as Rochester plays host to more than 6,000 athletes from across New York. Sunday, July 30, marks the conclusion to four days of competitions.

Lacrosse teams from the Central and Adirondack regions go head to head in the Scholastic Division of the Empire State Games during the first day of competition. Central prevailed 19-4 in the opener. RIT is playing host to lacrosse and seven other athletic events during the four days of competition, which wrap up Sunday, July 30.

Archery is among eight events taking place at RIT as part of the 2006 Empire State Games. Competition got underway across the Rochester area on Thursday, July 27, and continues through Sunday. Basketball, diving, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer and tennis are among the other events taking place on campus. About 2,600 athletes are staying in RIT residence halls during the duration of the competition.

NTID staff member Wendy DiMatteo (far right) participates in a no-voices card game led by ASL Instructor Colleen Pouliot as part of a series of ASL-only actitivities held to develop sign skills. Read the News & Events story.

PR Mukund, second from left, RIT's Gleason Professor of Electrical Engineering, reviews the status of projects within RAMLAB (RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Labratory). The center's research projects focus on advancing the technology in many commonly used consumer electronic devices. Mukund is assisted in his work by students in RIT's microsystems engineering Ph. D. program including, from left to right, Sharmila Sridharan, Tejasvi Das, Mark Pude and Sri Priya Das.

Mary Lynn Broe, Caroline Werner Gannett Professor of Humanities, far right, organized and participated in the panel discussion Cultural Uses of the New Cartographies: Interdisciplinary Negotiations with three other RIT faculty members, from left to right—Karl Korfmacher, professor of environmental sciences; Nina Raqueno, assistant scientist in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science; and Bob Cole, professor of foundation sciences—at the biannual meeting of the Society for Science, Literature and the Arts, June 13-16, in Amsterdam.