Photo Spotlights

Kayce Baker, center, special accounts manager for Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., views the winning portfolios from this year’s Fuji Scholarship competition. Sean McGlincy, right, from Atlanta, Ga., earned $2,000 as the first-prize winner, and Sarah Weeden from Canandaigua, N.Y., was awarded $1,000 for second prize. Both students are third-year advertising photography majors in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. Judging for the scholarship was based on visual quality, craft, presentation and creativity.

New York Times chief art critic Michael Kimmelman has talked with and written about some of the world's most famous artists, painters and photographers. Kimmelman gave a free lecture at RIT on March 31. He shared his firsthand experiences with renowned artists and also talked about his role as an art critic. Kimmelman has worked for the New York Times since 1990.

Sheena Liseno, third-year food management major, serves lunch to patrons on spring-quarter opening day for Henry’s restaurant on March 29. Named after Bausch & Lomb Inc. founding partner Henry Lomb, the eatery is operated by School of Hospitality and Service Management students. Located on the fourth floor of the George Eastman Building, Henry’s serves lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 5. Reservations, credit cards and RIT debit cards are accepted and take-out service is available. For more information, call 475-2351 or visit www.rit.edu/~henrys.

Aristide Economopoulos '94 (photojournalism) shot this photograph during the men's road cycling event at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Economopoulos, a photographer at The Star-Ledger in New Jersey, will give a free lecture at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science auditorium. Economopoulos and his colleagues at The Star-Ledger were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for their photographs of the Sept.11 attacks at the World Trade Center.

John Hill ’30 (electrical engineering) was among 24 RIT Distinguished Alumni in the inaugural class inducted to the Kate Gleason College of Engineering’s Wall of Fame on March 18. Hill was a member of a team that created, in the late 1940s, one of the earliest high-speed computers for Engineering Research Associates in St. Paul, Minn. His visit was his first to Rochester in nearly 50 years.

RIT President Albert Simone, far left, congratulates several honorees at the Inventors Recognition Ceremony on March 23. Sixty RIT researchers received awards for their focus on the creation of intellectual property including, from left to right, Roy Berns, Mitchel Rosen and Bruce Smith. Ryne Raffelle, director of RIT's NanoPower Research Laboratories, received special recognition with the Creator's Award for outstanding creativity and contribution to RIT's intellectual property portfolio.

A variety of activities kept children of RIT faculty and staff "hopping" during the Bunny Breakfast. The event was held at Margaret's House, the university's on-campus child care facility, in celebration of Easter. The youngsters created bunnies out of english muffins, read stories about rabbits and, of course, hunted and ate Easter eggs.

Sixty-two junior high school girls “shadowed” RIT engineering and engineering technology majors during the fifth annual Shadow Day, hosted by RIT’s Society of Women Engineers, March 17-18. Among the girls' activities was studying soil samples in a civil engineering technology/environmental management and safety laboratory. Participants also toured campus, attended classes, spent a night in an RIT residence hall and competed in hands-on engineering activities.

RIT Triathlon Club president Greg Buzulencia (left) presents a check to Kate Proctor of CP Rochester for $760. The club raised the money at their first triathlon event, held in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center in Feburary. For more information on the club, visit their Web site.

Susan Lakin, left, professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, gives a demonstration to educators about how to incorporate digital photography in the classroom. The demonstration was one of many put on by SPAS faculty, March 18-20, during the annual Basic Photography and Imaging Workshop for Educators. For the tenth consecutive year, SPAS professors have donated their time and talents for free to teach the latest advancements in photography to high school and junior college instructors. Educators from all over the country attended the seminar.

Irene Doktor ’97, assistant director of development and special events with Strong Health, center, chats with visitors after participating in the workshop, A Diverse Look at Service within Healthcare, on March 16. The workshop was sponsored by the Hospitality Alumni Society in RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology.

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