Photo Spotlights

Effective this semester, Grace Watson Dining Hall has eliminated disposable to-go containers and replaced them with reusable ones. The new containers are washable and will be collected in drop-off kiosks around campus, brought back to the dining hall and washed. RIT wants to turn Gracie’s into a zero-waste facility.

The RIT men’s and women’s hockey teams, Corner Crew, Pep Band and university members gathered on Nov. 19 to sign the last ceiling beams to be installed into the Gene Polisseni Center.

Key state officials, including Secretary of State Cesar Perales, joined the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council at a meeting at RIT’s MAGIC Center on Nov. 18. The meeting concluded a day-long tour and visit by state officials to review the council’s progress on current and future priority projects.

Students from the CIAS Honors Program offered holiday portraits to raise money for their trip to Italy over the intercession. Allison Parssi, center, a second-year photography student, puts her studio experience to work while Jasmine Lockwood, right, a third-year new media design student, gets smiles from even the youngest of subjects.

Dance groups from all genres competed Nov. 15 in CAB Friday Night Live and Velocity Dance’s annual contest to crown RIT’s Best Dance Crew. To see more CAB events, go to rit.edu/studentaffairs/cab.

RIT men’s hockey junior captain Matt Garbowsky, along with Brad McGowan, and women’s hockey junior captains Celeste Brown and Lindsay Grigg, invite the Rochester and RIT communities to sign the last ceiling beams Tuesday before they are installed into the Gene Polisseni Center. The event will take place 1-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the lower level of the Ritter Arena and RIT locker room entrance. The rink is scheduled to open in time for the 2014-15 season.

Students walked toward the residence halls during a snowy afternoon at RIT.

Joe Oh, left, plays against Jacob Foley in a Dance Dance Revolution competition during Nerdocalypse in the Brick City Cafe on Nov. 10.

RIT hosted its third annual Veterans Day Breakfast Nov. 11 to pay tribute to members of the campus community who serve or have served honorably in uniform.

RIT students competed in dance, talent, formal wear and a Q&A session for the title of “Mr. RIT” on Nov. 8. The event raised more than $3,200 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Tom Weekes was crowned the winner.

Third-year Saunders College of Business student Naixin Kang toasts a marshmallow at “The Roast of SG” Nov. 7 in the Fireside Lounge. The event allowed students to give feedback to a college or division and meet Student Government leaders.

Dan Bruton, left, and David Frank are converting waste cooking oil into biodiesel and other uses inside the Golisano Institute for Sustainability.