Campus Spotlight
| 18 : RIT's microelectronic engineering department, in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, hosted its 25th annual conference May 14-16. T. K. Hatwar of Eastman Kodak Co. comments at one of the panel discussions, Workforce Needs of the Semiconductor Industry. |
| 17 : A celebration of art and technology took place on May 11 during the "Creativity: Technology: Invention" symposium hosted by the RIT Creativity and Invention Working Group. Steve Jacobs presented at the "E-Poetries and Digital Poetics" panel along with Linda Reinfeld, Bill Klingensmith and John Roche. |
| 16 : Timeline is a dedicated group of students that captures RIT?‘s identity by presenting the year's events and people in an annual publication. Timeline lives up to the RIT technologically advanced standard by being the first on-demand school publication. Timeline is now available for purchase at rittimeline.com. Books are $20 for the first 1,000 purchases or until the end of June. |
| 15 : Michael Peres, center, is the editor of the fourth edition of Focal Encyclopedia of Photography. A reception on May 7 included various faculty and former photo faculty including Dick Zakia and Les Strobel (co-editors of the book's third edition). |
| 14 : The Alexander Lawson Publishing Center will be the new offices of the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press and RIT Press. Among the speakers at the opening reception May 10 was world renowned typographer and former RIT professor Hermann Zapf, right. The center itself will feature a multimedia conference area, expanded production offices, exhibition gallery space and a sales area for Press titles. Part of the center will have a glass wall etched with quotes about typography and publishing. The typography of the wall is designed by Zapf and award-winning calligrapher and graphic designer Jerry Kelly. |
| 12 : To show appreciation to the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed overseas, Xerox Corp. has developed a nationwide program called Let's Say Thanks. Xerox, along with students in the School of Print Media, printed out 2,000 postcards at the HUB. RIT ROTC students set up two tables at the Infinity Quad and along the quarter mile on May 10 for people in the RIT community to write out personal messages on the postcards to U.S. servicemen and servicewomen. |
| 11 : First-year engineering honors students compete in the second annual Tip-a-Can event in which students designed a device?—using everyday items and housed within a closed cylindrical container?that would automatically trigger the can to tip as near as possible to 60 seconds after the start of a timer. In addition to the performance of their contraptions, students were judged on creativity, ethics, teamwork and written essays describing their inventions. |
| 10 : Members of the RIT community gather around Ritchie and this year's Formula SAE car at the unveiling ceremony, held on May 4, to celebrate 15 years of Formula at RIT. Twenty-seven members of the team will travel to Romeo, Mich., May 16-20, to compete in the national Formula SAE competition, held at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds. |
| 9 : Wallace Library hosts quarterly ?“Library Reads to Margaret?’s House?” functions. About eight Margaret?’s House kids enjoy a ?“monsters?” based theme with two books being read and some fun crafts on May 8. |
| 8 : A wind-turbine-powered walkway light?—the only one of its kind on the RIT campus, near F Lot and Cross Campus Drive?—was designed and built by students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering for a senior-design project. |
| 7 : Dan Bolinski is a fourth-year industrial design student who recently won the Industrial Design Society of America National Student Merit Award, one of only five awarded in the United States each year. |
| 4 : More than 150 first-year art and design students from RIT?’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences designed and constructed a wearable or portable design addressing a personal fear?—ranging from a fear of germs, public speaking, or getting burned by hot coffee to a life without love. The 3-D projects are constructed of various materials including fabric, plastic and metal. Here, Shaun O'Brien explains The Houdini, a device used to escape a fire in a dorm room. |
| 3 : Bevier Gallery's current exhibit of Graduate Thesis work is on display through May 9. One of the many imaginative pieces is this sculpture composed of nails by Maressa Tosto Merwarth. |
| 2 : Benjamin Harris, a marketing major in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business and a 2007 undergraduate commencement delegate, was one of 46 volunteers who recently led classes for students at Kodak Park School No. 41 on April 27. In the second annual event, each of 23 RIT students paired with an RIT alumnus or other business professional to introduce business concepts to first- through sixth-graders for a day. |
| 1 : Ron von Perlstein offers a sample of Geulah's spicy tomato spread at the annual Taste of RIT on April 26. Proceeds from the food and beverage tasting benefit United Way. |
| 30 : Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work Day, coordinated by the RIT Women?’s Center on April 26, offers Bookmaking & More at Wallace Library. Here, the Smith family works on creating books to take home. |
| 27 : The RIT community gathered April 27 to celebrate the dedication of the D. Robert Frisina Quadrangle at RIT. The quadrangle was created in honor of Dr. D. Robert Frisina, founding director of RIT?’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf and a pioneer in the field of hearing loss and deafness for more than 40 years. Seated, left to right, are Sarah Gordon, NTID Student Congress president; Dr. Frisina, who currently is director of the RIT/NTID-based International Center for Hearing and Speech Research and an NTID professor of communication services; and RIT President Albert Simone. Standing is Alan Hurwitz, RIT vice president for NTID and CEO/dean of NTID. |
| 26 : The Technology Licensing Office and the Intellectual Property Committee sponsor their annual tribute to RIT's inventors on April 25. President Simone, left, congratulates William Morris, a recipient of a Patent Plaque. |
| 24 : President Simone, left, and David Neumann, professor in the Department of Communication and Chair of Institute Effective Teaching Committee, attend the IETC Reunion on April 20. The reception brings together all faculty, students, and staff who have participated in IETC sponsored events, showcasing just how many people are dedicated to teaching and learning at RIT. |
| 21 : Lizzie Sorkin, Student Government president, wears both Virgina Tech and RIT colors on April 20. This day was declared an "Orange and Maroon Effect" day across the country to honor those killed on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16. |
| 19 : Richard Kaplan, recipient of the 2007 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, speaks during the luncheon honoring him on April 19. Past recipients of the award include Arunas Chesonis, CEO of PAETEC Holding Corp., E. Philip Saunders, chairman of Genesee Regional Bank and CEO of Griffith Energy Inc., and Wayne LeChase, CEO of LeChase Construction Services LLC. |
| 17 : Daniel Gundersen, co-chair of Empire State Development, offers the opening address at the IT Collaboratory 2007 Research Symposium at Rochester Institute of Technology on April 17. The annual event, focusing this year on remote sensing, is intended to create and support interaction among RIT?’s research partners in academia, industry and government. |
| 16 : Members of RIT's baja team work on the all-terrain vehicle in their lab. The 2007 Baja SAE Rochester World Challenge is hosted by RIT June 7-10. Over 140 teams from all over the world participate in the competition. |
| 13 : RIT Admissions hosts an Accepted Students Open House in the Student Alumni Union on April 13. Open House attendees were able to tour campus, residence halls and academic departments, meet faculty, staff and students in RIT's academic departments and eat lunch in the student cafeteria. |
| 12 : Josh Olin and Ian Paterson developed mytimehero.com, a social networking Web site targeting people over the age of 30, out of their Computer Science House dorm room. |
| 11 : Hiroko Yamashita, associate professor of Japanese and chair of the foreign language department, recently won a National Science Foundation grant for $17,915 to organize a two-day event Sept. 21-22, the International Conference on Processing Head-final Structures. The linguistics conference is in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
| 10 : A member of RIT's baja team, Phil Hannum, makes some adjustments to an upright bushing for the all-terrain vehicle. The 2007 Baja SAE Rochester World Challenge is hosted by RIT June 7-10. Over 140 teams from all over the world participate in the competition. |
| 9 : Matthew D. Mosesohn, center, a student in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, poses for a photo with other RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars before an award ceremony on April 5. Minimum requirements of the award are completion of at least 125 credit hours of college work and a GPA of 3.85 at RIT. Community service, employment and research activities also are considered. |
| 7 : Frances L. Cabrera, a student in RIT's College of Applied Science and Technology, mingles with other RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars before an award ceremony on April 5. Minimum requirements of the award are completion of at least 125 credit hours of college work and a GPA of 3.85 at RIT. Community service, employment and research activities also are considered. |
| 6 : President Simone gathers with some RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars before the award ceremony on April 5. Minimum requirements of the award are completion of at least 125 credit hours of college work and a GPA of 3.85 at RIT. Community service, employment and research activities also are considered. |
| 5 : Robert Panera, professor emeritus, speaks to a full crowd at the opening of the Deaf Studies Archive in Wallace Library on April 3. The items include the Robert Panera Deaf Literature Collection, consisting of literature, plays, mysteries, and romances featuring deaf characters. |
| 4 : Robert Chung, a professor in the School of Print Media at RIT, received the EDSF Educator of the Year Award during Gravure Day activities on March 27. |
| 3 : More than 2,200 students and alumni filled the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, March 28, for the 2007 Spring Career Fair. With 207 employers in attendance, it was the largest career fair in RIT's history. The event featured a wide variety of companies from across the country, including ESPN, Microsoft and Toyota. |
| 2 : Grace Watson dining hall celebrated Latin culture with entertainment by Noel Leon Y Su Orquestra on March 28. A special menu included Chimichuri Beef, Chicken Breast with Cilantro Adobo, Arroz Con Pollo Soup, Cheesy Tostada Casserole, Spanish Paella, Passion Fruit Mousse and Caramel Pecan Flan. |
| 31 : Yoonzi Na, a first-year nutrition management major, whisks up some crepe batter for a recipe being served at the 22nd annual "Puttin' on the RITz" dinner. Students in the School of Hospitality and Service Management prepare and serve courses with a Mediterranean theme for the March 31 event. |
| 30 : A student looks at one of the exhibits at the grand opening of the RIT Museum located on the third floor of Wallace Library on March 27. The space offers opportunities to display artifacts, documents, photographs and art that tell the story of RIT. |
| 29 : Composer Tania Leon met with RIT students on March 27. Leon visited the campus as part of a literary and musical event with author Margaret Atwood. |
| 28 : RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering celebrated Toyota Day on March 27. After representatives of the auto manufacturer gave $100,000 to the college, the Toyota Production Systems Laboratory, in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was named in its honor. |
| 26 : A group of junior high school girls shadowed RIT engineering majors during the seventh annual Shadow Day, March 22-23, sponsored by RIT's Society of Women Engineers. The girls explored engineering and engineering-technology disciplines in a variety of hands-on activities, attended classes, toured campus and spent a night in an RIT residence hall. |
| 24 : Donald Langenberg, professor of physics and chancellor emeritus at the University of Maryland, leads members of the Middle States evaluation team in sampling perspectives on the state of RIT. An open forum was held March 21 in Xerox Auditorium to offer faculty and staff an opportunity to express their views regarding the university?’s future. The team?’s three-day visit to campus is among the final stages in the reaccredidation process. |
| 23 : Jennifer Palumbo presents at the Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication. Students from 11 colleges and universities across New York state presented throughout the day at the conference sponsored by the Department of Communication. |
| 22 : Garry Knox Bennett, an internationally known woodworker and furniture artist, works with wood students from the School for American Crafts. |
| 21 : Carol J. Reed, Associate Director for Campus Life, scores at the fifth annual Mini Golf event. Mini Golf was the kick off for the campus wide 2007 United Way Campaign. |
| 20 : William Destler, RIT's next president as of July 1, meets members of the RIT community at a reception. |
| 19 : A member of RIT's baja team welds a part for the all-terrain vehicle. |
| 16 : Teams of RIT students defend their computer networks from simulated attacks posed by McAfee engineers. |
| 15 : Students in RIT's Graduate Design Applications course display their proposals for a facelift for the Rochester Public Market. |
| 12 : Vince Incardona, ITS manager for desktop support, prepares an Italian dessert, casatidi, for the annual Finance and Administration Diversity Luncheon March 7. |
| 11 : Some of the hundreds of spectators who enjoyed the third annual Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, March 9 and 10, in RIT's Gordon Field House and Activities Center. |
| 10 : Some of the hundreds of spectators who enjoyed the first day of the third annual Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, March 9, in RIT's Gordon Field House and Activities Center. |
| 9 : High school students competed against each other during the Monroe County Math League All-Star Competition held March 8 at RIT. |
| 8 : More than 30 EMBA alumni from RIT attended Sharpen the Saw Day on March 8. |
| 7 : Instead of spending spring break having a little fun in the sun, 11 RIT students decided to give back to the Rochester community as part of RIT's Alternative Spring Break. |
| 5 : Sports photographer Dave Black to give free lecture at RIT on Thursday, Dec. 7. |
| 4 : The first Rochester Technology Symposium, hosted by RIT and Freescale Semiconductor Inc., drew 170 attendees from industry and academia. |
| 2 : An RIT third-year business student and an RIT alum help Edison students prepare for a competition. |