Photo Spotlights

A selection of paintings created by Clifford M. Ulp, a Mechanics Institute professor and director of the School of Art and Design, 1913-1952. The images shown here are a small portion of the more than 100 paintings by Ulp and Milton E. Bond, another Mechanics Institute professor. Works by Walter Sacks (without an RIT connection) are on exhibition at the Antiques Mall of Rochester, 400 West Commercial St., East Rochester, through Aug. 30.

Barnes & Noble @ RIT is now open for business at Park Point. The 40,000-square-foot bookstore houses over 60,000 titles, a Starbucks Cafe and gift and clothing departments. Summer hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

High school teachers Deirdre Bonnell, left, and Dawn Hohmann, learned how to sequence their own DNA during the workshop Biotechnology Institute: Human Evolution and the Genetics of Race held at RIT’s Center for Bioscience Education and Technology on July 24. Sponsored by the Rochester Area Colleges Center of Excellence in Math and Science, the workshop introduced 14 science and technology teachers from Monroe County to biotechnology laboratory procedures that have revolutionized modern biomedical research.

Barnes & Noble @ RIT will open for business on July 28 at Park Point. The 40,000-square-foot bookstore will house over 60,000 titles, a Starbucks Cafe and gift and clothing departments. It will have wireless access throughout and a shuttle service to and from campus.

Project Lead the Way is a not-for-profit organization that promotes pre-engineering courses for middle school and high school students. Each year more than 400 high school teachers from attend the Summer Training Institute at RIT. During the intensive sessions, the math, science and technology teachers learn to teach the Project Lead the Way courses and implement the pre-engineering programs in their schools. Here, part of a team surveyed areas of the RIT campus.

RIT’s Women in Engineering program hosted a two-week summer camp for middle school girls. The camp, developed and presented by RIT students, faculty and staff, included interactive exhibits and activities specifically designed to enhance understanding and enthusiasm for science, math and engineering. The camp ran July 7-18. Here, one team created a bowling alley with recycled materials and tested it out.

Final touches continue at Park Point, featuring a 40,000-square-foot Barnes & Noble bookstore, several ethnic restaurants, a hair salon and upscale apartments. Here’s a sneak peek at the Barnes & Noble store, opening on July 28. It will house over 60,000 titles, a Starbucks Cafe and gift and clothing departments. It will have wireless access throughout and a shuttle service to and from campus.

RIT Goes West. The RIT Board of Trustees and key administrators traveled to the West Coast July 9-11. RIT leaders met with 22 companies during the trip, most in the Silicon Valley. Here, members of the RIT delegation are given a demonstration by leaders of Cisco. Cisco has developed new technology called “TelePresence.” It allows business leaders to meet “virtually” through video and surround sound, anywhere in the world.

Final touches continue at Park Point, featuring a 40,000-square-foot Barnes & Noble bookstore, several ethnic restaurants, a hair salon and upscale apartments. Here’s a sneak peek at the Barnes & Noble store, opening on July 28. It will house over 60,000 titles, a Starbucks Cafe and gift and clothing departments. It will have wireless access throughout and a shuttle service to and from campus.

RIT’s School of Print Media hosted the Publishing and Advertising Summer Workshop for two dozen high school juniors from across the country. During the four-day workshop, participants worked with professors and graduate and undergraduate students to produce a marketing campaign about Kodak’s Multimedia Digital Picture Frames. Here, Tom Hoehn, director of brand communications and new media, Eastman Kodak Co. and Jenny Cisney, chief blogger at Kodak.com, both RIT alumni, examine some of the resulting work.

Bob Chandler published his first book, Minus the Imple, using Lulu.com. Chandler is a marketing communications specialist at Wallace Library.

An RIT research team, including Stefan Preble, assistant professor of microsystems engineering, right, is working to enhance the development of silicon photonics. The technique could enhance the performance and memory capacity of computers and electronics.