Photo Spotlights

Student winners of the first Phoenix Fiction Award, sponsored by the department of language and literature in the College of Liberal Arts, were recently announced. First prize and $100 went to Jill Welks; second prize and $50 went to both Saunter Sprehe and Amanda Keane. Shown above are Sprehe and Rebecca Housel, contest coordinator and faculty advisor to the student writing club, Inklings.

RIT's a cappella group, the Brick City Singers, perform during a multicultural holiday celebration, Dec. 16. Holidays included in the celebration, sponsored by the Center for Residence Life, were Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Winter Solstice, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Bodhi Day, Chinese New Year and St. Nicholas Day.

RIT's Kevin Kochersberger attempts to re-enact the Wright brothers' first powered flight on Dec. 17, the 100th anniversary of the Wrights' historic flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. Kochersberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering, helped build the reproduction 1903 Wright Flyer and was named a "Pilot of the Century" by the Experimental Aircraft Association.

RIT student Ron Mooney sits among hand-crafted glass and ceramic creations at the annual School for American Crafts holiday sale, Dec. 11 in the Student Alumni Union.

RIT’s School of Art students, faculty and alumni chiseled their way through six blocks of ice—weighing 300 pounds each—for Gallery r’s annual show-stopping display during the Park Avenue Winter Fest on Dec. 4.

Kevin Romero (left), Richard Morrison and Dwayne Brown, all members of the Mu Sigma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha wrap presents for the 7th annual Tree of Angels project. The gifts go to residents of East House, a non-profit halfway house for recovery from mental illness or substance abuse. An annual outreach effort started in 1997, the Angel Project donated 550 gifts last year, 200 of which were from RIT Greeks.

Latty Goodwin, reading specialist in RIT’s Learning Development Center, browses arts and crafts made by RIT faculty and stafff in the annual On the Side show and sale, Dec. 3.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (right) visits RIT's Defense Modernization and Readiness Program and its latest research subject—an A-6E Intruder plane—on Dec. 3 at the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. Research on this plane will lead to developing technologies to benefit aging commercial aircraft and other military aircraft, says Nabil Nasr, CIMS director (center). Also pictured, RIT President Albert Simone (left).

The Cat in the Hat opened in movie theaters on a sunny fall day last month. On the same day, The Sentinel at RIT cast a shadow that many people thought bore a striking resemblance to the Cat in the Hat.

Faculty, staff and students answer the call of those in need as 57 “dinner baskets” were collected for families at Wilson Commencement Park, Sojourner House and the YWCA, Nov. 21. The Thanksgiving Appeal is sponsored by the Small Business Council of the Rochester Business Alliance.

Students enjoy the newly renovated Eastman Kodak quad on the RIT campus.

Violinist Gareth Johnson performs with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in an all Mozart concert at RIT on Nov. 14 This second concert of the Performing Artist Series this year was sponsored by the Henrietta Commerce Network, RIT's Assistant Provost for Diversity, Student Affairs and the North Star Center.