Photo Spotlights

Photo District News brings photographers to campus 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, Webb Auditorium, for a free seminar, Transitions: Strategies for the Young Working Photographer. Moderated by Holly Hughes, editor of Photo District News, seminar presenters include Taj Forer, Adam Krause and Mike McGregor and Travis Hartman from Time magazine’s photography department. Above, one of Krause’s portraits from a series about the Florida alligator industry. The seminar, followed by a reception, is sponsored by Veer and Eastman Kodak and is open to the public.

“Zombies” invaded the RIT campus Sept. 15-19, squaring off against “humans” in an epic game of tag. Nearly 500 RIT students participated in the “Humans vs. Zombies” game, where zombies (wearing orange headbands) strive to destroy humans (wearing orange armbands) by hitting them with a Nerf gun or a clean sock “grenade.” Above, humans opt to avoid the dangerous quarter-mile, opting for the long walk around Andrews Drive.

Neil Hair, right, assistant professor of marketing in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business, received the Exemplary Online Faculty Award at the 2008 Online Learning Awards Ceremony on Sept. 24. Honorees included S. Manian Ramkumar, left, College of Applied Science and Technology, who received the Innovation in Teaching and Learning with Technology Award, and Kevin Hinshaw of Cortland, back center, a B.S. candidate of Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering Technology, who received the Exemplary Online Student Award.

RIT students got downright dirty for a good cause Sept. 20. The Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities hosted the annual Mud Tug, a tug-of-war contest designed to increase breast cancer awareness and research.

William Sutton, assistant secretary of commerce, gave the keynote address at an international sustainability symposium hosted by RIT’s Golisano Institute of Sustainability Sept.23. The event was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

RIT Press hosted a celebration for its latest book release, No Room for Democracy: The Triumph of Ego over Common Sense, written by Richard Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum was a central figure in Republican politics in New York and nationally and served as chairman of the New York State Republican party from 1973 to 1977. Here, Rosenbaum chatted with Patty Cost, editor of the book, at the booksigning.

Ray Kurzweil discussed his thoughts on the development and use of technology and society during his talk at RIT Sept. 17. Kurzweil was the opening speaker of the College of Liberal Arts Caroline Werner Gannett Project, which brings noted scholars in science and the arts to RIT.

Representatives from nearly two dozen area non-profit agencies took part in the Fall Community Service Fair, sponsored by the RIT Leadership Institute & Community Service Center. Students, faculty and staff were invited to learn about services provided by the various organizations, including volunteer opportunities. Here, Jennifer Milillo, a second-year student in the College of Science, fills out an application for the American Red Cross.

A panel of experts in technology and society discussed the works and accomplishments of pioneering computer scientist, futurist and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil during Kurzweilfest, an interactive discussion with students and faculty at RIT’s Ingle Auditorium. Kurzweil opens the 2008-2009 Caroline Werner Gannett Project lecture series at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in Gordon Field House and Activities Center. For more information on the series, Visionaries in Motion, visit www.cwgp.org.

Edward Brown (back, right) is leading a team of student researchers from RIT who are attempting to enhance the use of robotics in helping people with disabilities regain use of their limbs.

The U.S. Army Drill Team warmed up for this weekend’s "Spirit of America Show" at the Blue Cross Arena by performing for the RIT campus Sept. 9 in Gordon Field House and Activities Center.

In her role as a student ambassador for the Division of Enrollment Management and Career Services, Tiffani Williams is often among the first people that prospective students meet during their visit to campus. Tiffani is a graphic media student in the School of Print Media.