Photo Spotlights

Eighteen soon-to-be RIT students got a preview of college life as part of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering’s fourth annual I Built My Computer @ RIT event, July 20-23. The group of incoming female engineering majors—including Julie Coggshall and Ashley Shoum, shown here—built computers, which became theirs to keep, and spent nights in residence halls. The event was sponsored by Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp. and RIT’s student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.

Christine Whitman (center) received the 2004 NRS Award, presented recently at the annual Nathaniel Rochester Society gala. Whitman, former chairman and CEO of CVC Inc., was recognized for outstanding and significant contributions to the advancement of RIT. Actors portraying Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Rochester, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony participated in the gala's festivities which were designed to commemorate RIT's 175th anniversary.

Participants in the Tiger Lacrosse day camp show off the lacrosse skills they've learned during the weeklong session on the last day of camp, July 16. Players ages eight to 18 learned fundamentals of lacrosse and theories of team play.

A cascade of petunias welcomes sultry summer weather to the RIT campus, July 13. The George Eastman Building towers in the background.

Karen Proctor, professor and chair of packaging science, receives $2,000 for RIT's packaging science program, proceeds from a golf tournament sponsored by the western N.Y. chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals on June 18. The gift will support student travel to Pack Expo International, a packaging industry trade show, this fall in Chicago. Shown with Proctor are IoPP western N.Y. chapter members Peter Ross, president (far left), Roger Mabbett and Ralph Brandt.

Elizabeth Vander Sys picks up sign language skills in a class offered at RIT through the East House Enrichment program. Residents of the East House facility, a Rochester-based, non-profit mental health agency, recently took courses on campus ranging from money management to general health and wellness. The program, taught by members of RIT’s faculty and staff and the Rochester community, culminated with commencement ceremonies on campus.

Professor Emeritus James Campbell, joined by his wife, Cookie, was the guest of honor at the sixth annual RITirees picnic. He is the first faculty member to be selected as honoree since the award's inception. Campbell taught philosophy in RIT's College of Liberal Arts and has been recognized for excellence in teaching as a two-time Eisenhart Award winner. RIT President Albert Simone calls Campbell "a champion of so many student services on campus and a well recognized and stellar volunteer in our community."

Participants pause to discuss findings from the International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, co-sponsored by RIT. The four-day annual conference concluded on Wednesday and drew about 250 people from 15 countries. Conference topics touched on a wide range of issues related to fuel cell development and commercialization.

Best-selling author Richard Florida delivers the keynote address during RIT's "Rochester on the Rise" conference Thursday. Florida, the Heinz Professor of Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon University, discussed with about 200 community leaders how to utilize the "creative class" in stimulating economic development. The conference was part of RIT's daylong Founders Day Celebration, commemorating the university's 175th anniversary.

Rafi Sela, left, executive from Israel-based AR Challenges Ltd., learns about advances in computing education during a tour of RIT. Sela was escorted Tuesday on a visit to the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences by Roger Gaborski, director of RIT's Laboratory for Applied Computing, and Hans-Peter Bischof, assistant professor of computer science. The visit was part of an initiative sponsored by Greater Rochester Enterprises, designed to education Israeli business leaders on expansion opportunities in the Rochester region.

Carolie Simone (left) and former first lady of RIT, Clarice Rose, are honored June 2 at the dedication of a garden near the Ritter Ice Arena. The event was sponsored by the RIT Women’s Council.

Robert Reel, president of the Rochester Rotary Club, left, presents RIT President Albert J. Simone with the 68th Rotary Award June 1 at the Hyatt Regency. Simone, the definition of “the citizen of the community," has made significant contributions to the business, professional, cultural, and civic life of the greater Rochester community and beyond,” said Bob Enright executive director of the Rotary. “Truly, in giving so much of himself, he reflects Rotary’s motto ‘Service Above Self”.”