Photo Spotlights

  • April 12, 2001

    RIT alumna Wendy Maruyama offers feedback to second year wood student Chris Franklin during a recent visit to campus. Maruyama, an international renowned furniture artist and educator, toured the woodworking studio and took time to speak individually with students. She also shared her expertise during a slide presentation that was open to the public. The event was sponsored by the School for American Crafts.
  • April 11, 2001

    Thom Ingram reads a selection of poetry in promotion of the Poetry Slam, 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, in The Grind at RIT where 15 RIT Poets (students and staff) will battle it out in a Public Poetry Competition. The event is sponsored by the staff of Gibson Hall and the Center for Residence Life.
  • April 10, 2001

    RIT students relax and listen as Scott and Proud Mary entertain on April 10 during Tuesdays @ The Clock in the Student Alumni Union. Tuesdays @ The Clock is hosted by the RIT Student Music Association.
  • April 9, 2001

    RIT students relax, study and stop to smell the coffee at Wallace Library's brand new cafe - Java Wally's - now open Monday, April 6. The coffee bar serves daily until midnight, and the cafe is open 24/7.
  • April 6, 2001

    RIT students Phil Trifeletti, left, and Teresa Beer work on this year's RIT moon buggy. RIT's 10-member team will compete in the NASA-sponsored 8th-annual Great Moon Buggy Race, April 7-8, at the U.S. space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
  • April 5, 2001

    African American poet, essayist and lecturer Nikki Giovanni reads excerpts of her poetic verses and answers questions during an appearance at RIT on April 1. The presentation was the second part of the CURE spring speaker series (Building Community through Collaboration, Understanding, Respect, and Education) sponsored by the Residence Halls Association and the Black Awareness Coordinating Committee.
  • April 4, 2001

    Jeff Clark, a third-year public policy student, takes a break from his rigorous schedule to get a free chair massage in the Student Life Center as part of Stress Buster Days, April 2-3. Faculty, staff and students who registered for the event were eligible for raffles and giveaways.The event was sponsored by the Center for Human Performance and the Student Affairs Marketing Committee.
  • April 3, 2001

    Officials of Empire/EMCO, including the Amherst firm's president and vice president, visited RIT on April 2nd to present RIT's packaging science program with a packaging achievement award. Shown here, Karen Proctor, associate professor (foreground), shows an Autopad cushioning system, recently donated by Rampak Corp. of Painesville, Ohio.
  • April 2, 2001

    Snowdrop blooms burst out of hiding to celebrate the first weeks of spring.
  • March 30, 2001

    Former U.S. surgeon general Joycelyn Elders addresses the RIT community March 28, as part of the Horton Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Student Government. Elders was dismissed from her post in 1994 due to her outspoken opinions on condom usage, legalization of drugs and other controversial topics.
  • March 28, 2001

    Members of RIT's School of Art prepare for the climax to The Big Pour, a six-day workshop in sculpture casting held March 20-25. Students worked with a professional sculpture to construct the furnace and other tools needed for lead casting. Sculptures were also created from aluminum, bronze, glass -- even chocolate. Participants poured more than 140 individual casts using the various materials. Organizers of The Big Pour say this type of event has never happened anywhere else in the world.
  • March 27, 2001

    Seventeen sophomore and junior high school girls from seven Rochester-area schools spent March 23 at RIT for "Shadow Day." After sleeping over in an RIT dormitory the previous night, the girls participated in a full day of hands-on engineering activities with RIT students, giving them an early taste of both college life and potential engineering studies. "Shadow Day" was sponsored by RIT's student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.