Photo Spotlights

“What Matters to Me and Why” is a luncheon series where the RIT community can have an informal conversation with faculty and staff about personal values, journeys and visions. On Oct. 21, Ashley Carrington, fourth-year finance and management information systems student and Student Government president, shared her thoughts. The series is sponsored by the Spirituality Committee of RIT’s Student Wellness Initiative.

Students test out interactive science exhibits during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. In addition, the College of Science offered lectures and a reception.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, spoke Oct. 18 as the RIT Student Government Horton Distinguished Speaker at RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. Kathryn Davis, director of programming for Student Government, and Ashley Carrington, Student Government president, presented the practicing neurosurgeon with an RIT orange stethoscope.

Jerry Greenfield dishes out his namesake ice cream after delivering the Saunders College of Business’ Gasser Lecture Series Oct. 17. High school friends Greenfield and Ben Cohen started Ben & Jerry’s in 1978. Greenfield and Cohen sold Ben & Jerry’s to Unilever in 2000 and they remain employed by the company. Greenfield’s lecture, “An Afternoon of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility and Radical Business Philosophy,” was followed by a booksigning (Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book) and free scoops of Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough, Cherry Garcia or Chocolate Therapy ice cream.

Saunders College of Business presented the Gasser Lecture Series featuring Jerry Greenfield, who co-founded Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with Ben Cohen in 1978. Tesla Motors, an American company that manufactures electric cars, provided him with ground transportation for the event.

RIT welcomed respected neurosurgeon, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent and Emmy-award winning journalist Dr. Sanjay Gupta as this year’s Horton Distinguished Speaker Oct. 18 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, part of Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.

Saunders College of Business presented the Gasser Lecture Series featuring Jerry Greenfield, who co-founded Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with Ben Cohen in Burlington, Vt. in 1978. Recognized as a model for business success, the ice cream manufacturers were known for their social conscience and sense of humor, before the pair sold their “Chunky Monkey” and “Cherry Garcia” flavored franchises to Unilever for $325 million in 2000.

Saunders College of Business presented the Gasser Lecture Series featuring Jerry Greenfield, who co-founded Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with Ben Cohen in Burlington, Vt. in 1978. Recognized as a model for business success, the ice cream manufacturers were known for their social conscience and sense of humor, before the pair sold their “Chunky Monkey” and “Cherry Garcia” flavored franchises to Unilever for $325 million in 2000.

Comedian Bill Cosby kicked off the 2014 RIT Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend in front of a sold-out audience Oct. 16. For a schedule of the weekend’s events, go to www.rit.edu/gcr/brickcity.

Eight photographers from the Class of 1964 met with students and discussed the changes in photographic techniques and delivery. They all have transitioned from film to digital. The panel was part of Brick City Homecoming and they are here for their 50th Reunion.

Students in David Sluberski’s sound class from the School of Film and Animation test out audio using the Sentinel statue. The exercise involved capturing sounds that aren’t normally heard.

“Shop One: Then and Now” is an exhibit of work by artists affiliated with the original Shop One from 1953-1976. Shop One founders Frans Wildenhain, Tage Frid, John Prip and Ronald Pearson are showcased. Other artists include Hans Christensen, Hobart Cowles, William Keyser, Wendell Castle, Nancy Jurs, Albert Paley, Kurt Feuerherm, Tom Markusen, Richard Hirsch, Tarrant Clements and Alec Hazlett. The show takes place in Bevier Gallery from Oct. 13 to Nov. 8. A reception with many of the exhibiting artists in attendance will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 17.