Photo Spotlights

A student looks at one of the exhibits at the grand opening of the RIT Museum located on the third floor of Wallace Library on March 27. The space offers opportunities to display artifacts, documents, photographs and art that tell the story of RIT.

Composer Tania Leon met with RIT students on March 27. Leon visited the campus as part of a literary and musical event with author Margaret Atwood.

RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering celebrated Toyota Day on March 27. After representatives of the auto manufacturer gave $100,000 to the college, the Toyota Production Systems Laboratory, in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was named in its honor.

A group of junior high school girls shadowed RIT engineering majors during the seventh annual Shadow Day, March 22-23, sponsored by RIT’s Society of Women Engineers. The girls explored engineering and engineering-technology disciplines in a variety of hands-on activities, attended classes, toured campus and spent a night in an RIT residence hall.

Donald Langenberg, professor of physics and chancellor emeritus at the University of Maryland, leads members of the Middle States evaluation team in sampling perspectives on the state of RIT. An open forum was held March 21 in Xerox Auditorium to offer faculty and staff an opportunity to express their views regarding the university’s future. The team’s three-day visit to campus is among the final stages in the reaccredidation process.

Jennifer Palumbo presents at the Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication. Students from 11 colleges and universities across New York state presented throughout the day at the conference sponsored by the Department of Communication.

Garry Knox Bennett, an internationally known woodworker and furniture artist, works with wood students from the School for American Crafts during a two-day lamp making workshop. Bennett’s work is represented in many private collections as well as at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Art and Design in New York.

Carol J. Reed, Associate Director for Campus Life, scores at the fifth annual Mini Golf event. Mini Golf was the kick off for the campus wide 2007 United Way Campaign.

William Destler, RIT’s next president as of July 1, meets members of the RIT community at a reception. Here he’s presented with a welcome gift from Nancy B.B. Meyer, CAST ’06.

A member of RIT’s baja team welds a part for the all-terrain vehicle. RIT’s team is one of over 140 teams from colleges around the world to compete here June 7-10.

Teams of RIT students defend their computer networks from simulated attacks posed by McAfee engineers. This is the third annual \"Build and Defend Your Digital Fortress\" competition with McAfee Inc. The top three teams will be awarded prizes.

Students in RIT’s Graduate Design Applications course display their proposals for a facelift for the Rochester Public Market. William Wells responds to questions from a panel of community leaders.