Photo Spotlights

RIT’s Caroline Werner Gannett Project hosted MacArthur award-winning biomedical animator Drew Berry on Dec. 8. Berry spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of about 300 guests in Webb Auditorium, where he focused on the challenges of accurately representing miniscule molecules of flesh and blood and explored the balance between scientific accuracy and creating content that is appropriate for a non-scientific audience. The next speaker in the series, Sebastian Seung, professor of computational neuroscience at MIT, is scheduled for Feb. 2.

Paul Spacher ’82 (mechanical engineering) helped develop a system to cool the battery in the Chevy Volt. His work is a reason the electric car can travel 35 miles or more on battery power.

RIT Student Auxiliary Services is hosting Go Global Holiday Celebration in Global Village 4:30–6:30 p.m. Dec. 8. RIT’s all-female a cappella group, Encore, will perform; Shop One2 will have a trunk show featuring work by alumni and local artists; Global Learning will have an open house; and there will be a gingerbread house-making demonstration and plentiful treats and beverages to sample.

The RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press hosted a holiday card-making event on Dec. 7. Using some of the antique presses, attendees were able to print their own cards. Here, Steven Galbraith, left, curator of the Melbert B. Cary Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, prints a card with Joseph Campana, a second-year graphic design graduate student.

NTID President and RIT Vice President and Dean Gerry Buckley, along with students, faculty and staff, meet via Telepresence with officials from Cisco Systems in California. The Telepresence system—the first in the Rochester area and valued at $700,000—was donated by Cisco to research how this technology can be better accessed by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Cisco is one of the top 10 employers of RIT students for co-ops and permanent employment upon graduation.

Vincent F.A. Golphin, assistant professor of English, recently published “10 Stories Down,” his collection of poems written during his time in China.

Gallery r opened on Dec. 1 with the exhibition “Prologues,” followed by an open house from 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 2. First Friday is the monthly citywide gallery night that encourages gallery hopping, in collaboration with regional nonprofit, university and commercial venues. The exhibit runs through Jan. 4 and features works by three recognized artists: Robin Cass, faculty member in the glass program at RIT’s School for American Crafts; Elizabeth Kronfield, associate professor in RIT’s Department of Fine Arts; and Karen Sardisco, assistant professor of fine arts at Monroe Community College (and formerly of RIT).

Lorraine Justice, who previously led the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, was appointed dean of College of Imaging Arts and Sciences in January and assumed the role in August. She hopes to use her experience to propel the college as a world leader in arts and imaging.

RIT’s Reporter magazine has been awarded its first-ever Pacemaker Award for its 2011 Imagine RIT issue. The National Pacemaker Awards are given annually by Associated Collegiate Press for excellence in student journalism since 1927. The awards are considered to be the highest national honors in its field and are unofficially known as the Pulitzer Prize of student journalism. Judging was based on content, writing and editing, photography, art and graphics, layout and design and overall concept and theme.

Watch for deer, fox and other wildlife in the woods and trails surrounding the RIT campus. Drive carefully, slow down and scan the forested areas near roads to avoid any collisions.

Gabriella Martinez ’08 shows off her specialty dog treats to her Labrador, Andrea. For more information about her store at 30 North Ave. in Webster, go to www.abarkersdozen.com or read her story in RIT: The University Magazine.

Steve Shapiro, center, who graduated in 2004 with a degree in information technology, developed the idea for Digsby in a graduate entrepreneurship class at RIT in the fall of 2005. He launched the company in March 2006 and all seven employees are RIT graduates. The company was acquired by Tagged, the leading social network for meeting new people, and all employees moved to San Francisco.