Photo Spotlights

RIT’s School for American Crafts sold its unique hand-blown glass pumpkins and gourds during the 10th annual Glass Pumpkin Patch fundraiser Sept. 27. Proceeds from the sale benefited the Visiting Artists Series for the RIT glass program as well as RIT Women’s Council scholarships.

The RIT women’s soccer team tallied two second-half goals en route to a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Nazareth College Sept. 24 at Tiger Stadium. The team returns to action on Sept. 27 when the Tigers open up Liberty League play with a home match against Clarkson University at 3 p.m. at Tigers Stadium.

Anthropologist Genevieve Bell, Intel’s “secret weapon,” was the guest speaker at the third annual Eugene H. Fram Applied Critical Thinking lecture on Sept. 23. Bell is vice president and director of user experience for Intel Labs, the company’s research arm. An authority on the intersection of culture and technology, and one of the most influential women in the technology sector, Bell discussed “Making Life: A Prehistory of Robots and its Importance for Metacognition, Society and Biopolitical Future.”

The new Steelcase Learning Innovation Classroom (SLIC) opened Sept. 24 in George Eastman Hall. Students, faculty and staff tested out the multimodal learning experience in this interactive new facility. The classroom features moveable furniture that allows for quick reconfiguration and group work, high-tech interactive white boards and large monitors around the room.

First-year computer engineering technology student Dean Kouroupus of the RIT men’s soccer team goes up for a loose ball against SUNY Cortland at Tiger Stadium Sept. 13. The Tigers ended up losing 1-0 in double overtime.

Students in David Sluberski’s sound class test out audio using the Sentinel location. The exercise is capturing sounds that aren’t normally heard.

One of RIT’s a cappella groups, Vocal Accent, performed at the Little Theatre during the third annual First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 21. For a schedule of additional RIT Fringe events, go to www.rit.edu/fringefest.

RIT students participate in Mud Tug 2014, the 19th annual tug-of-war tournament held behind Grace Watson Hall on Sept. 20. All proceeds from the event, hosted by Phi Kappa Psi and Zeta Tau Alpha, were donated to Hillside Children’s Foundation through the RIT United Way Campaign.

A young RIT hockey fan had his T-shirt signed by Alex Perron-Fontaine at the Gene Polisseni Center opening Sept. 18. RIT President Bill Destler, members of the Polisseni family, Tom Golisano and Steve and Vicki Schultz participated in the dedication ceremony, along with men’s head coach Wayne Wilson, women’s head coach Scott McDonald, team captains, the Corner Crew and Ritchie. Festivities included self-guided tours, open skate and RIT hockey trivia. For more on the arena, go to rit.edu/news/polisseni.php.

Hundreds of hockey fans celebrated the opening of the Gene Polisseni Center on Sept. 18. Wanda Polisseni, the wife of the late Gene Polisseni, the arena’s namesake, dropped the first puck. RIT President Bill Destler, members of the Polisseni family, Tom Golisano and Steve and Vicki Schultz participated in the dedication ceremony, along with men’s head coach Wayne Wilson, women’s head coach Scott McDonald, team captains, the Corner Crew and Ritchie. Festivities included self-guided tours, open skate and RIT hockey trivia. The $38 million, 112,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art arena has a total capacity of 4,300 fans and features exclusive seating options, two full-service concession stands, a new RIT Athletics Hall of Fame and a Barnes and Noble store where fans can purchase Tiger gear. For more on the arena, go to rit.edu/news/polisseni.php.

Rachel Triassi, a fourth-year student in the physician assistant program, conducts research to improve health care delivery in Jacmel, Haiti. She visited the country with a volunteer team of RIT students led by certified physician assistant and RIT assistant professor John Oliphant.

“Alchemic Elegy” features photographs and text by Doug Manchee, associate professor and program chair of the advertising photography program. The Gallery r exhibit is part of the third annual First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 18-27. Attendees can participate in an evolving sculpture of analog photographic objects from the not-so-distant-past. For a schedule of additional RIT Fringe events, go to www.rit.edu/fringefest.