Photo Spotlights

Vince Incardona, ITS manager for desktop support, prepares an Italian dessert, casatidi, for the annual Finance and Administration Diversity Luncheon March 7.

Some of the hundreds of spectators who enjoyed the third annual Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, March 9 and 10, in RIT’s Gordon Field House and Activities Center.

Some of the hundreds of spectators who enjoyed the first day of the third annual Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, March 9, in RIT’s Gordon Field House and Activities Center.

High school students competed against each other during the Monroe County Math League All-Star Competition held March 8 at RIT. Finalists navigated small-scale competitions throughout the day before meeting for the final round held in Ingle Auditorium in the Student Alumni Union. The top competitors from this event will attend the upcoming state level competition. The event was hosted by RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences.

More than 30 EMBA alumni from RIT attended Sharpen the Saw Day on March 8. Guest speakers were E. Philip Saunders, entrepreneur and namesake of the Saunders College of Business, and Ashok Rao, dean of the college.

Instead of spending spring break having a little fun in the sun, 11 RIT students decided to give back to the Rochester community as part of RIT’s Alternative Spring Break. The students spent their week doing community service activities while learning about Greater Rochester. (From left) Kim Son Tran, Ihudiya Ogburu and Psalm Mizuki spent March 6 helping the American Red Cross with its Meals on Wheels program.

Dave Black captured this image as the skateboarder went flying through the air, only an arm’s length away from Black. Black, whose photographs have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Time and Newsweek and on ESPN, will give a free lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Golisano College auditorium. Black has covered all of the summer and winter Olympic Games since 1984 as well as photographed NFL games, NCAA Basketball, and the Indianapolis 500. Black will also hold workshops for students on Dec. 8. Anyone interested in attending should sign up in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences’ main office. Black’s lecture and student presentations are sponsored by Nikon.

The first Rochester Technology Symposium, hosted Nov. 29 by RIT and Freescale Semiconductor Inc., drew 170 attendees from industry and academia to RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering for product demonstrations and presentations on breakthrough semiconductor technologies. Shown above are Andy Mastronardi, Freescale Semiconductor’s university program director (left) and Ken Hsu, RIT professor of computer engineering and the primary organizer of the symposium.

E. Philip Saunders College of Business third-year student Michelle Franchi (far left) and alumnus Brett Daly '03, '05 (MBA) of BCC Software have met weekly since September with students in Rhonda Neal's Virtual Enterprise class at the School of Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship at Edison. The students are preparing for competition against other high school teams. Neal is pictured at the far right. Daly is not pictured.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., calls on members of Congress to renew the college tuition tax deduction during a news conference at RIT on Nov. 29. The plan will allow families of middle-class college students to deduct $4,000 a year from their taxes. Schumer used his visit to RIT to outline a variety of initiatives that will be addressed as Democrats take control of Congress early next year.

Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union #86 and various local electrical contractors come together to make payment on a $25,000 commitment to the Facilities Management Services Endowed Scholarship at RIT. The scholarship was established in 2003 to recognize students who have worked for FMS over the years. Many of these students have gone on to work with FMS as consultants, contractors or suppliers after their graduation.

Sarah Gordon, left, president of Student Government at the National Techincal Institute for the Deaf, celebrates the grand opening of the CSD Student Development Center. The facility now centralizes student clubs, NTID Student Government, meeting rooms, commuter lockers and a variety of informal spaces. About 500 people enjoyed the Mardi Gras-style festivities on Nov. 9. Joining Gordon are, from left to right, Alan Hurwitz, NTID CEO and dean; Benjamin Soukup, CSD CEO; Albert Simone, RIT president; and Michael Morley, president of RIT's Board of Trustees.