Photo Spotlights

Nichole Bolding, a member of RIT’s print media club ‘PUB’ works with Wanda Alicea, an 8th grader from James Madison School of Excellence. Members of PUB volunteer weekly to teach the younger students about scanning photographs, typography and page layout. The final product becomes a book, featuring a compilation of the children’s photographs and writings. This is the second year PUB has taken part in this community service project.

Smiles were in the forecast--without a "shadow" of a doubt--at the first annual Groundhog's Day Gala. The event was sponsored by RIT's Department of Communication. Tommy O'Connor from the Facilities Management team was among the partygoers to pose as Punxsutawney Phil. Despite the celebration, six more weeks of winter are still on tap.

RIT President Albert Simone, Provost Stanley McKenzie and GCCIS Dean Jorge Diaz-Herrera present Richard Cheng with an honorary doctorate of science. Cheng founded RIT’s School of Computer Science and Technology in 1971. The ceremony was held during GCCIS first conference on computing and information sciences.

Gary Casper and Christina Fisher from RIT's Commission for Promoting Pluralism helped create RIT's Diversity Trailblazers exhibit. The displays highlight men and women whose contributions allowed RIT to become a community where differences are respected and celebrated. This particular display features photography alumnus Bernie Boston, who went on to a highly successful career in photojournalism.

SEAL, RIT’s Student Environmental Action League, collected 2.2 tons of unwanted electronic equipment during its second annual Electronic Waste Recycling Day on Jan. 21. Shown here, Jon Panko, a third-year environmental management and technology major in CAST and a member of SEAL, adds to the pile of used computers and other electronics in the Student Alumni Union lobby. The electronic gear will be refurbished or recycled since it is illegal to dispose of such waste in everyday trash.

Tim Crandall, third-year biomedical photographic communications student, studies the composition of a snowflake. The recent exercise was part of his Photography through the Microscope class, taught by RIT Professor Michael Peres. Students had plenty of flakes from which to choose. More than 35 inches of snow have fallen on the Rochester area since the middle of January.

RIT honors student Andy Gianfagna performs a card trick with the assistance of Blair Brown during the Midterm Magic Performance held by students in the Honors Science, Technology and Society class, Magic, Science and Technology.

What are the hot, new high-tech gadgets of the future? The answer became obvious as RIT's B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences hosted a computer trade show on Jan 19. The event was part of the university's 175th anniversary celebration. Among the vendors on hand were Alpine Software, Apple Computer, Dell, IBM, and MAC Group. At right is RIT alumnus Joe Bianchi '04 from The Technology Company, also one of the vendors at the show.

RIT President Albert Simone attempts to breakaway from the pack in the annual broomball game featuring the president’s team vs. Student Government. The exhibition, played in between periods of the RIT-Oswego men’s hockey game, ended in a scoreless tie.

Senior co-captain of the RIT men's hockey team, Michael Tucciarone (white jersey), and goalie George Eliopoulos look on as Ricky Walton (red jersey) breaks out of the zone in practice last week. RIT (8-5-1, 3-1-1 ECAC West) will return to competitive action on Friday, Jan. 21, as they travel to the Murray Athletic Center to play the Elmira College Soaring Eagles at 7 p.m.

Douglas Holleley, faculty at Visual Studies Workshop, speaks to a crowd of interested self-publishers at a seminar at Wallace Library's Idea Factory on Jan. 13.

President Simone and Ken-ichi Ishikawa of Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) in Japan renew a student exchange agreement during a signing ceremony at Liberty Hill in December. The KIT exchange program is an intensive science and technology program in Japanese. Designed specifically for students with backgrounds in science, engineering and technology, it offers courses in Japanese communication, Japanese for science and technology, academic Japanese, and Japanese language and society.