Photo Spotlights

Robert Fabbio, president and CEO of Cesura Inc., gives the keynote lecture during RIT’s Entrepreneurship Conference on Oct. 6. Held in conjunction with Brick City Homecoming, the Entrepreneurship Conference offered presentations and panel sessions on financing business plans, commercializing technological innovations, and balancing the demands of building a business with personal needs. RIT's E. Philip Saunders College of Business hosted the event for the third consecutive year.

B. Thomas Golisano, right, chairman and founder of Paychex Inc. and owner of the Buffalo Sabres, joins in the 5th anniversary celebration for RIT's computing college on Oct. 5. The B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences was created in 2001 through Golisano's financial support. It remains the largest comprehensive college of computing in the nation.

Work crews prepare to install Three Piece Reclining at its new site along RIT's Eastman Kodak Quad. The sculpture by Henry Moore had previously been located outside the Max Lowenthal Building. Moore, who was born in Britain, is best known for his monumental abstract figurative work. His large scale abstract bronzes can be found in public spaces all over the world.

Scott McCloud, leading comics theoretician and author, spoke at RIT in September. For the first time, RIT will be one of the host sites for 24 Hour Comics Day, a worldwide cartooning marathon, Oct. 7-8. During the free event, in the Wallace Memorial Library, participants will attempt to create a 24-page comic book in 24 hours. There is no pre-registration. People can begin registering at 11 a.m. on Oct. 7 at the library. For more information, visit 24hourcomics.com.

The “homework” assignment at RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College of Business during the summer months was intense and beyond belief. But the cosmetic facelift was completed—and on time—for 2006-2007 students to enter their new classroom digs while Lowenthal residents enjoyed their building with a view. Read the News & Events story.

Alfred L. Davis, a.k.a. "Mr. RIT," continued his spirit of giving Sept. 25. Davis, a vice president emeritus at RIT, donated $100,000 in the names of RIT President Al Simone and his wife, Carolie, to Margaret's House to celebrate the child care center's 10th anniversary. The facility was built in 1996 after Davis provided a substantial gift in tribute to his wife, Margaret Welcher Davis.

World-renowned visual futurist, graphic designer and illustrator Syd Mead, who worked on such films as Blade Runner, Tron, and Aliens will give a free presentation at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in Webb Auditorium in the Booth Building. The above image is one Mead created for the movie Blade Runner. His presentation is sponsored by RIT’s School of Design and the Central NY Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America. After the presentation, Mead will also sign copies of his new book, Sentury.

Professor James Winebrake, chair of science, technology and society/public policy in RIT's College of Liberal Arts, has embarked on a five-year study to analyze and evaluate consumer and industry responses to policy decisions on greenhouse gas emissions. Along with University of Michigan colleague Steven Skerlos, Winebrake will create a software program that predicts complicated market dynamics. The study is funded by $2 million from the National Science Foundation.

Ground was broken on the College of Applied Science and Technology Engineering Technology building during a ceremony Monday, Sept. 19. As part of the ceremony, CAST Interim Dean Carol Richardson (left) was presented with a piece of telecommunications equipment that will be housed in the building's REDCOM Telecommunications Systems Laboratory. RIT Trustee Klaus Gueldenpfennig (not pictured) is the president and chairman of REDCOM Laboratories Inc, which donated the equipment.

Alpha Sigma Alpha and Alpha Pi Epsilon are teaming up to raise money to benefit Cystic Fibrosis by riding a teeter totter. Pictured here are (from left) Ed Wolf, Jeffrey Patel and Andrea Hildreth and her 5-year-old mini dachshund, Heineken.

Twelve RIT students worked in a Learning Community this summer with community leaders and youth from the northeast Rochester neighborhoods. One project included the construction of the Agricultural Education Center at the Vineyard, the main production area for the Greater Rochester Urban Bounty (GRUB). The building will be used for community training and education activities focused on urban agriculture, including plant propagation, nutrition and food preservation. New Energy Works of Farmington donated more than $70,000 in materials and labor. Environmental Science graduate student, Stephanie Zettel, third from right standing on a beam, and Ross Klinedinst, a third-year business student, fourth from left, helped construct the building. Third-year civil engineering technology student Jennifer Page, assisted with construction management.

Alan Singer, professor of art in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, has a show opening on Friday, Sept.15, at The Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester. The exhibition, “Meta/Morph,” features paintings, monoprints, walls reliefs and sculptural objects done by Singer and RIT alumna Tarrant Clements ‘68 (American Crafts). The above artwork done by Singer, “Political Frenzy” is a watercolor and monoprint. The exhibition runs through Nov. 17.