Photo Spotlights

Third-year management information systems student Jake Benabe from Queens, N.Y., decides on a T-shirt at the Student Government event to unveil its new logo. Student Government Vice President Andrea Shaver, a third-year graphic design major, designed the logo that will be used on all SG materials.

The men’s hockey team salutes the Corner Crew after falling to Quinnipiac 4-0 in the NCAA East Regional Semifinal on March 26. The Tigers are 28-13 all-time in the postseason at the Division I level, including a 3-3 mark in NCAA Tournament contests. It was RIT’s second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, third in the last seven seasons and 16th overall in program history. Saturday’s contest was the final game for seniors Alexander Kuqali, Greg Amlong, Andrew Miller, Josh Mitchell, Dan Schuler and Brad Shumway.

A Cuban (r)evolution, an exhibition of students’ photographs of Cuba, runs in the University Gallery through March 30.

Woodie Flowers, one the founders of the FIRST Robotics Competition, visited the Finger Lakes Regional on March 25. The professor of engineering from MIT and lead designer of FIRST’s game challenges, helped launch STRONGHOLD, the 2016 competition, based on a medieval theme where robots defended castles and challenged opponents with lightweight “boulders” the size of volleyballs. More than 40 high school robotics teams from the U.S. Northeast and Canada competed. Here, students sign Flowers’ shirt, a tradition he has for each season.

Men’s hockey player Josh Mitchell celebrates with fans after the Tigers defeated top-seed Robert Morris, 7-4, in the Atlantic Hockey Championship on March 19. The men’s hockey team is going to the NCAA Tournament for the third time as a Division I program and for the 16th time in program history. RIT will play Quinnipiac University in Albany, N.Y., on March 26. For ticket information, go to rit.edu/news/story.php?id=55029. For information on transportation from campus and a viewing party, go to rit.edu/news/story.php?id=55034.

The RIT Men’s Hockey team is going to the NCAA Tournament for the third time as a Division I program and for the 16th time in program history. RIT will play Quinnipiac Unversity in Albany, N.Y. on March 26. For ticket information: http://www.ncaa.com/tickets/icehockey-men/d1

Sculptor and applied mathematician George Hart led a hands-on construction of geometric sculpture in the RIT College of Science on March 17 as part of the John Wiley Jones Distinguished lecture. Hart, far right, interdisciplinary research professor at Stony Brook University, co-founded the Museum of Mathematics in New York City.

Graduate Thesis One exhibit is on view through March 20 in Bevier Gallery. It includes graduate work by MFA students in the School of Art, the School of Design and the School for American Crafts.

RIT students toured RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator for an open house event March 15. Students were encouraged to network with representatives of the businesses working with Venture Creations and get more information on how to start their own businesses, or how Venture Creations can help them. Here, students learned about Impact Earth, a business focused on zero-waste solutions.

Student leaders of WOCHA—Women of Color Honor and Ambition—welcomed City of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren to campus on March 14 for Motivational Mondays, a regular program highlighting successful, diverse individuals from the community. Warren discussed growing up in Rochester, attending Wilson Magnet High School, her early law and political careers and her drive to become part the political landscape of her hometown, eventually becoming the first female mayor in the city’s history. Motivational Mondays are organized by WOCHA and open to the campus community.

The RIT College of Science math club, PiRIT, celebrated Pi Day, 3/14, with a pie baking contest. Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The infinite number begins with 3.14159 and is a puzzle for those who try to pin it down. Here, Ellen Baillie served pie to a line of judging students. Baillie’s apple crumb pie won the contest.

Phi Delta Theta fraternity held a fundraiser to raise money and awareness for ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, a nervous system disease that weakens muscles and impacts physical function. Teams of students played bubble ball soccer for the cause and collected $880.