Photo Spotlights

Gabriel McMurtrie shares a silly moment with mom, Elouise Oyzon, at the Margaret’s House art show opening, Dec. 15. For 10 weeks, 23 preschoolers from Margaret’s House and 16 pre-service art educators from the School of Art worked hard to produce unique and exciting art for the show.

The voices of RIT men's hockey--Chris Lerch, Randy Bloechl and Ed Trefzger--celebrate 25 years in the broadcast booth this season. The team brings the action of Tigers hockey to life for listeners of WITR-FM (89.7). The next game is 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, versus Oswego State at Ritter Arena.

Bhavin Parekh, material science and engineering student in RIT's College of Science, poses with model Laine Blumenkopf at the Materials Research Society fashion show in Boston last month. Parekh and fellow student Naveen Rawat represented RIT at the event highlighting technologies potential impact on future apparel. Students from Carnegie Mellon University and MIT were among the other participants. The small logo on Blumenkopf’s dress can change color depending on body temperature.

RIT’s Printing Applications Laboratory unveiled two new seven-color HP Indigo presses at an industry-wide event held Dec. 8 on the RIT campus. The units provides greater evaluation capabilities for industrial media suppliers and is integral to PAL’s expansion to the Worldwide Media Center for evaluating media used on HP Indigo digital presses. The installation also directly impacts educational opportunities available to students in RIT’s School of Print Media.

RIT Athenaeum member Al Ornstein shows his classroom spirit at the organization's new facility at 150 Research Boulevard. Winter preview sessions of upcoming courses will be held on Jan. 9 and 11; with Open House sessions and classes beginning Jan. 16-19.

Deborah Blizzard, left, and Susan Barnes use creativity to co-teach a class on the topic of reality television in today's society. Discussion covers many aspects of communication and will include other topics as well, such as the economics, history and impact of reality TV. The class was made possible by a grant from RIT's College of Liberal Arts.

Students decorate holiday decorations at a party sponsored by the Center for Campus Life in December.

Students decorate holiday decorations at a party sponsored by the Center for Campus Life in December.

Students decorate holiday decorations at a party sponsored by the Center for Campus Life in December.

The annual holiday sale put on by students in the School for American Crafts is a tradition that brings smiles to the students and their customers. Hundreds came out to the Student Alumni Union earlier this month to buy original, handmade items. Jessica Julius, a second-year graduate student in SAC, was among those who sold their wares. The students rely on the sale to defray costs of various projects throughout the school year.

Jon Schull, IT professor (right), talks with student Jarrod Pritchard about an online grassroots campaign to help survivors of October’s deadly earthquake in Pakistan. Schull, along with several colleagues and students created the website QuakeHelp.net urging people to donate camping equipment. Since Thanksgiving, more than 20-drop off sites have been set up in six states. Last week, RIT collected dozens of sleeping bags, tents and blankets to be shipped to relief workers in Pakistan, Kashmir and India. RIT’s Interfaith Center and Hillel organized the donation drive. Monetary donations are also being accepted to offset the shipping costs.

John Gorsline, founder and chairman of The Gorsline Co., a Rochester-based insurance underwriting firm, far left, visited with members of RIT’s Formula SAE racing team following his presentation, High Risk, Intuition on a Global Basis, on Dec. 15. Among its clients, The Gorsline Co. provides insurance and other financial services for race car drivers.