Photo Spotlights

RIT President Bill Destler (left) and Nazareth College President Daan Braveman approved an articulation agreement between the two institutions that enables qualified undergraduate students at RIT to simultaneously pursue graduate-level coursework at Nazareth College leading toward a Master of Science in Education. Both presidents formally signed the agreement during an April 27 ceremony at Nazareth College. The articulation agreement takes effect during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Matthew Coolidge, director of programming for the Center for Land Use & Interpretation, spoke on May 4 as part of the RIT Caroline Werner Gannett Project “Visionaries in Motion.” The research organization is involved in the nature and extent of human interaction with the earth’s surface.

Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy discusses the current challenges and opportunities facing the City of Rochester with students in the class Rochester: People, Politics, Planning. The course, taught by former Rochester Mayor William Johnson, the Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at RIT, focuses on the history and root causes of Rochester’s current political, economic and community environment and challenges students to develop plans to address the city’s issues and take advantage of its positive resources.

Kayla Turnipseed, a first-year accounting major in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business, was among 52 RIT students, alumni and other business professionals who recently spent a day teaching business and economics to kindergarten through sixth-grade students at Kodak Park School No. 41. This is the fourth year RIT has teamed with the school using curriculum provided by Junior Achievement of Rochester. Turnipseed is the first alumna of School 41 to participate in this program.

Collaborative Community offered a large canvas where visitors could paint with others or paint on top of what someone else had done to create a large document of expression. The collaboration was one of the interactive exhibits at the Imagine RIT Festival on May 2.

Visitors at the Imagine RIT Festival on May 2 tried out an experimental keyboard instrument that allowed a skilled musician to play intuitively and efficiently and a beginner to learn to play music very easily.

RIT students used a unique transport to traverse campus during the Imagine RIT Festival on May 2. Over 25,000 people attended to explore over 400 interactive exhibits and displays.

RIT’s 2009 Imagine RIT festival kicked off with President Destler’s Green Vehicle Challenge. Teams sponsored by Facilities Management Services and the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies tied for first place. (See full story.)

IMAGINE RIT—A billboard on Route 490 invites the Rochester community to attend the second annual Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 2. Last year’s festival drew more than 17,000 people.

Babak Elahi, associate professor of English, discusses portions of Barack Obama’s memoir Dreams from My Father with students in the elective course Philosophy and Literature: Barack Obama. The class, which Elahi team teaches with John Capps, associate professor of philosophy, focuses on Obama’s writings and what they say about his political philosophy.

IMAGINE RIT exhibit—Students in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences will offer demonstrations of a variety of studio techniques, such as glass blowing, during the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 2.

The RIT United Way campaign culminated with the Taste of RIT on April 23. The fundraiser featured all-you-can-eat food stations from various vendors.