Photo Spotlights

Dan Bolinski is a fourth-year industrial design student who recently won the Industrial Design Society of America National Student Merit Award, one of only five awarded in the United States each year.

More than 150 first-year art and design students from RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences designed and constructed a wearable or portable design addressing a personal fear—ranging from a fear of germs, public speaking, or getting burned by hot coffee to a life without love. The 3-D projects are constructed of various materials including fabric, plastic and metal. Here, Shaun O’Brien explains The Houdini, a device used to escape a fire in a dorm room.

Bevier Gallery’s current exhibit of Graduate Thesis work is on display through May 9. One of the many imaginative pieces is this sculpture composed of nails by Maressa Tosto Merwarth.

Benjamin Harris, a marketing major in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business and a 2007 undergraduate commencement delegate, was one of 46 volunteers who recently led classes for students at Kodak Park School No. 41 on April 27. In the second annual event, each of 23 RIT students paired with an RIT alumnus or other business professional to introduce business concepts to first- through sixth-graders for a day.

Ron von Perlstein offers a sample of Geulah’s spicy tomato spread at the annual Taste of RIT on April 26. Proceeds from the food and beverage tasting benefit United Way.

Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work Day, coordinated by the RIT Women’s Center on April 26, offers Bookmaking & More at Wallace Library. Here, the Smith family works on creating books to take home.

The RIT community gathered April 27 to celebrate the dedication of the D. Robert Frisina Quadrangle at RIT. The quadrangle was created in honor of Dr. D. Robert Frisina, founding director of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf and a pioneer in the field of hearing loss and deafness for more than 40 years. Seated, left to right, are Sarah Gordon, NTID Student Congress president; Dr. Frisina, who currently is director of the RIT/NTID-based International Center for Hearing and Speech Research and an NTID professor of communication services; and RIT President Albert Simone. Standing is Alan Hurwitz, RIT vice president for NTID and CEO/dean of NTID.

The Technology Licensing Office and the Intellectual Property Committee sponsor their annual tribute to RIT’s inventors on April 25. President Simone, left, congratulates William Morris, a recipient of a Patent Plaque.

President Simone, left, and David Neumann, professor in the Department of Communication and Chair of Institute Effective Teaching Committee, attend the IETC Reunion on April 20. The reception brings together all faculty, students, and staff who have participated in IETC sponsored events, showcasing just how many people are dedicated to teaching and learning at RIT.

Lizzie Sorkin, Student Government president, wears both Virgina Tech and RIT colors on April 20. This day was declared an \"Orange and Maroon Effect\" day across the country to honor those killed on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16.

Richard Kaplan, recipient of the 2007 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, speaks during the luncheon honoring him on April 19. Past recipients of the award include Arunas Chesonis, CEO of PAETEC Holding Corp., E. Philip Saunders, chairman of Genesee Regional Bank and CEO of Griffith Energy Inc., and Wayne LeChase, CEO of LeChase Construction Services LLC.

Daniel Gundersen, co-chair of Empire State Development, offers the opening address at the IT Collaboratory 2007 Research Symposium at Rochester Institute of Technology on April 17. The annual event, focusing this year on remote sensing, is intended to create and support interaction among RIT’s research partners in academia, industry and government.