Photo Spotlights

Members and alumni of RIT's cross country teams get ready to participate in the 2,730-mile Coast-to-Coast cross country relay run, Nov. 17-30. In commemoration of RIT's 175th anniversary, the run repeats a 1979 feat that at the time was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. It kicks off at noon PST in San Diego, Calif.

Erin Wengrovius was among 75 first year students in RIT's art, design and crafts programs who made “Automata,” or simple machines, as part of their 3-D Design class. The students used power tools and wood to tell a story through these creations. Wengrovius’ “Automata” model was about the Lochness Monster.

RIT's Leonard Urso is winner of the 2004 Visual Artist Award, presented by the Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. Urso, Distinguished Professor and Ann Mowris Mulligan Endowed Chair in the School for American Crafts, was singled out for artistic achievements during his 20 years in Rochester. “I feel honored for receiving the award from the Rochester community as both an artist and educator,” he says. Urso's art is on exhibit nationally and internationally and represented in museums as well as corporate and private collections.

RIT computer engineering students James Ledwith (left) and Evan Clark demonstrate their senior design project, a minefield-traversing robot, Oct. 28 along with 15 other student projects. Robotic creations included an autonomous parallel-parking vehicle, a computerized firefighting vehicle, an obstacle-avoidance vehicle, an object-tracking camera system, a remote residential temperature-control system and “MailBot”—a computerized mail-delivery system.

Giovanni Principe, an engineer with DMG America Inc., far right, demonstrates a machine tool to Pat Derleth, far left, and Rohan Sicard, both of East Side Machine Inc., in RIT’s Brinkman Manufacturing Lab in the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. DMG representatives visited RIT on Oct. 28 for an open house commemorating the company’s equipment consignment and new partnership with RIT.

Fourth-year film student Jesse Borkowski received a film honoraria from the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. This is the fifth year in a row that the foundation has recognized RIT’s film program. Borkowski’s film, Test Yy, is a non-narrative that critiques our ability to accurately translate the world into symbols (through the use of language, math, image) and the limitations that arise in creating and communicating through these systems.

Nabil Nasr (left), director of RIT's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies, celebrates the signing of an agreement with the Korea National Cleaner Production Center. Under the leadership of Chang-Hyun Yoon, the Korean center will collaborate with CIMS on the development of remanufacturing and resource recovery technologies.

Students converged on the Kodak Quad for free Kodak photo paper and food as part of Kodak Day: “A Shared Commitment to Excellence,” on Oct. 28. For the second year in a row, Kodak and RIT celebrated their more than 100-year partnership with campus-wide events. There were giveaways, digital camera raffles, interactive product demonstrations and panel discussions for students looking to find jobs at Kodak.

Mark Hillengas, assistant manager of Campus Connections’ computer sales deptartment, talks with student Sarah Messina during the annual Halloween extravaganza at the bookstore, Oct. 29. In the background, student Anthony Russo works despite his obviously painful “injuries.”

For the second consecutive year, RIT’s Army ROTC Tiger Battalion, 1st Brigade, won the annual Ranger Challenge Competition, Eastern Region, Oct. 15-17, in Fort Devens, Mass. RIT beat 19 other teams in the three-day competition, considered the varsity sport of Army ROTC.

Snarky comedian David Spade performs to a sold out crowd on Oct. 23 as part of RIT's Brick City Festival weekend for alumni, parents and families.

Musical artist Kanye West peforms to a sold out crowd in the Gordon Field House, Oct. 22, as part of RIT's Brick City Festival weekend.