Photo Spotlights

Nabil Nasr, right, director of the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at RIT greets Brigadier General Glenn F. Spears of the U.S. Air Force. General Spears toured CIMS’ state-of-the-art labs and discussed ongoing military research with Nasr and his team of engineers and scientists. CIMS is partnering with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corp on several projects to assist in creating safer and more efficient parts and designs for military aircraft, ships and vehicles. Also pictured is Lt. Colonel Larry Waterman, Air Force ROTC at RIT.

Award-winning painter Harvey Breverman shares insights on his artist passion during a visit with students in RIT's School of Art on Oct. 25. He also offered a presentation at Gallery r, the university's off-campus, student-run gallery of contemporary art. Breverman, the SUNY Distinguished Professor of Art at the University of Buffalo, has exhibited around the globe, and his work is included in museum collection in the United States, England and Israel.

Four-year-old Jack Peterson, a child at Margaret's House, RIT's on-campus daycare, enjoys a Halloween cookie and shows off his blue power ranger costume during lunch with the "big kids" in Gracie's Cafeteria on Oct. 31.

Fans cheer on the RIT Tigers men's hockey team moments after a thrilling 3-2 victory over the St. Lawrence Saints at Ritter Arena on Friday, Oct. 28. It's the first home victory for the Tigers since their rise to Division I. RIT goaltender Jocelyn Guimond tallied 66 saves against St. Lawrence, ranked 18th in the nation. The Saints won Saturday's rematch 6-3. For more Tigers hockey news, visit www.ritathletics.com.

Liz Bonis ’88 (general dietetics and nutrition) was among School of Hospitality and Service Management alumni who participated in an alumni panel and who were recognized at the annual Hospitality Alumni Awards Dinner on Oct. 6. Bonis, a health reporter for WHAM-TV (Channel 13), discussed her career, taking chances and having passion in one’s pursuits.

RIT's School of Print Media recently received a $9,500 grant from the Alcoa Foundation through its subsidiary, Southern Graphics Systems. Pat Sorce, left, chair of RIT's School of Print Media and Scott Williams, right, associate professor of imaging chemistry and physics in the School of Print Media, were on hand to accept the check from Victor Baranowski. The grant will help finance the purchase of equipment for the school's ink formulation and testing laboratory, used to teach students the fundamentals of substrates, inks and printing processes.

Antonio Perez, left, CEO and president of Eastman Kodak Co., joins RIT President Albert Simone during a visit to campus on Oct. 13. The tour included Eastman Kodak Quad, dedicated in 2003 to commemorate 100 years of partnership between the company and RIT.

One-of-a-kind glass pumpkins and gourds, handblown by faculty and students in RIT's School for American Crafts, will be on sale from 1 to 4 p.m. at Liberty Hill on Saturday, Oct. 22. The fundraiser will benefit the RIT Women’s Council scholarship fund and SAC’s glass program. SAC will help alumni who lost homes and businesses in Hurricane Katrina. The prices of the pumpkins will range from $25 to $200. Organizers hope to make this an annual event.

Ali Ogut (right), RIT professor of mechanical engineering, has assumed licensing rights to a set of environment-friendly technologies. The agreement between his company, Environmental Energy Technologies, and RIT includes a particulate trap for diesel emissions (foreground) and two UV disinfection reactors (background) developed by Ogut's team in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. Joining Ogut are one of his directors, Monty Estes, and Varda Main, RIT’s director of technology licensing.

Aneita Gage ’94 (M.S. engineering management), a technical training manager at Intel Corp. in Chandler, Ariz., visited RIT on Sept. 28 to present A Day in the Life at Intel to an electrical engineering class and How to Prepare a High-Tech Resume to the RIT chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers.

Members of RIT’s Formula SAE team, visiting Greece Arcadia Middle School for Arcadia Day, shared insight about their student-built race car in a presentation to sixth-grade through eighth-grade students on Oct. 6. Above, Anthony Capobianco, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major and Formula team project manager, explains to students how a differential works.

Wendell Castle, artist-in-residence in the School for American Crafts, gave a presentation to students from the RIT’s chapter of Industrial Designers Society of America on Sept. 30. The renowned sculptor and furniture designer talked about his undergraduate experience, his career and the line of furniture he designs for Icon Design in LeRoy, N.Y., Castle recently gave a tour of the factory to industrial design students.