Photo Spotlights

  • April 24, 2003

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    Kerin Lee, fifth-year civil engineering technology major, paints finishing touches of a patriotic tiger on the underside of a concrete canoe, April 23. RIT's concrete canoe team will race the craft at regional competition April 26 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

  • April 21, 2003

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    Jorge Díaz-Herrera, dean of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, presents The Invisible Computers in our Lives at the Presidential Colloquium, April 15.

  • April 18, 2003

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    Students enjoy some sunshine with a cute puppy on the RIT campus.

  • April 16, 2003

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    Manning Marable, a history and political science professor from Columbia University, addresses the RIT campus, April 14, at the kick-off to RIT's weeklong Expressions of Diversity Conference. Mannins is the founding director of the Institute of Research in African American Studies His talk, Diversity and Democracy, focused on how differences are coded in various ways and how race and diversity play a role in American democracy and society.

  • April 10, 2003

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    RITchie, the RIT tiger mascot, encourages students to stop in the Student Life Center for some stress-relief (including free chair massages and healthy snacks) during Stress Buster Day, April 9.

  • April 9, 2003

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    Jeremy Swerdlow, third-year mechanical engineering technology major, traverses RIT's mini-Baja car on the water maneuverability course at the Mini Baja East in Orlando, Fla., April 6.

  • April 4, 2003

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    Pine needles and cones are covered in a thick layer of ice on the RIT campus, April 4.

  • April 3, 2003

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    RIT staff members participate in the United Way 2003 fundraising kick-off mini-golf tournament, April 2.

  • March 28, 2003

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    More than 175 Hispanic youth from Monroe County and beyond visited the RIT campus, March 27, for the 22nd Annual Hispanic Youth Leadership Conference sponsored by the Puerto Rican Youth Development and Resource Center. Here, they enjoy a cultural enrichment workshop.

  • March 27, 2003

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    Henry's Hideaway, on the fourth floor of the George Eastman Building, opened for spring quarter March 25. Operated by RIT hospitality and service management majors, the eatery is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 13. For more, visit www.rit.edu/~henrys.

  • March 25, 2003

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    Yi Yang, MBA student, assists Jen Dixon, third-year biomedical photography major, in filling out this year's tax forms. Nearly two dozen members of the Next Generation of Accountants from the College of Business are volunteering their tax preparation expertise. The group has scheduled sessions throughout the next few weeks to help RIT students, faculty and staff settle up with Uncle Sam.

  • March 24, 2003

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    Forty female high school juniors from across the northeast visited RIT March 20 and 21 for the third annual "Shadow Day," participating in hands-on engineering activities with RIT student mentors, attending classes and spending a night in an RIT residence hall. The event was sponsored by RIT's Society of Women Engineers, Women in Engineering and Admissions.