Photo Spotlights

Students attending the Leary Elementary School’s Social Studies and Science Fair last week learned how to interpret colors seen in a thermal range. Joe Pow, associate director of the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, explained the science behind it.

Students from RIT’s imaging and photographic technology program talked to elementary students and their parents at Leary Elementary School’s Social Studies and Science Fair about their upcoming flight aboard NASA’s Vomit Comet. The student team will test the feasibility of inkjet printing in zero-gravity.

Betsy Khol, a first-year industrial engineering major, with Buster, a service dog in training. Khol is training Buster for part of the year at RIT.

The Dyer Arts Center at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf hosts William Keyser: Sculpture and Painting, an exhibition, now through April 11. An artist reception will be held 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20.

Enthusiastic supporters cheered for their team at the fifth Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, March 7-8, in RIT’s Gordon Field House. Fifty teams from the Northeast competed in this year’s game, LUNACY. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international sporting and technology competition, with events taking place in all 50 states and around the world. Winners from regional competitions meet in Atlanta for the championship.

Hundreds of high school students, their mentors, supporters—and robots—descended on the Gordon Field House March 7-8 for the Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. For the fifth year, RIT hosted the national competition that saw 50 teams from the Northeast compete in this year’s game, LUNACY. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international sporting and technology competition, with events taking place in all 50 states and around the world. Winners from regional competitions meet in Atlanta for the championship.

RIT SportsZone anchors John DiTullio and Shelby Hill record their segments for the TV program’s 100th episode to be aired on March 13. Since its debut in 2002, RIT students have shared responsibility for all aspects of the program, including talent, video production, graphic design and marketing.

Top computing students from across the Northeast converged Feb. 27 at RIT for the annual Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. RIT won the competition last year.

The sun cooperated for the students from the Solar Thermal Design Engineering Technology class as they conducted final experiments during finals week.

Students work on projects in Java Wally’s Cafe, located in the Wallace Library.

Members of the RIT Singers and Orchestra rehearsed recently with conductor Michael Ruhling, associate professor of music and director of the RIT Orchestra.

Fifth-year engineering students showcased their design projects, from auto systems control to energy and sustainable systems, on Feb. 20. More than 30 projects were presented to students, faculty and staff.