Photo Spotlights

  • June 21, 2005

    Earl Fuller and Mary Sullivan were honored at the 2005 RITiree picnic held June 15 in the Gordon Field House. Combined, the two enjoyed nearly 80 years of experience at RIT. Sullivan served on numerous departmental, college and Institute committees. She served as dean of College of Liberal Arts from 1977 to 1987 and chaired the Academic Senate from 1996 to 1999. Fuller started coaching wrestling and golf in 1947. He was inducted into RIT’s Sport’s Hall of Fame in 1979 and won an Eisenhart Teaching award in 1983.
  • June 19, 2005

    Jonathan Judge from Paychex Inc. greets guests following the Alumni Breakfast Briefing, sponsored by RIT's College of Business. Judge succeeded the company's founder, B. Thomas Golisano, as president and CEO last October. During his presentation on June 16, Judge predicted continued success for the Rochester-based payroll company. "As long as we keep it on track, this company is going to do well for almost forever," he states.
  • June 16, 2005

    The steel frame of the IT Collaboratory building is now in place with work scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. The IT Collaboratory is an RIT-led research collaboration with University of Buffalo and Alfred University, which was created in 2001 through a $14 million state grant. Research conducted though the IT Collaboratory focuses on activities related to microsystems, photonics, nanomaterials, and remote sensing sytems.
  • June 14, 2005

    An early summer heatwave means booming business for RIT's Outdoor Cafe. Faculty, staff and students have been taking advantage of the opportunity to enjoy a sunny alternative to their traditional lunch breaks. The cafe is open 11 a.m to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, weather permitting, and is located near the administration circle, alongside the Clark Gymnasium.
  • June 10, 2005

    Justin Stabb, a second-year mechanical engineering technology major, prepares to traverse the rock crawl challenge in the Mini Baja 100, June 1-4, in Tinaja Hills, Ariz., near Tucson. The competition was RIT’s second national contest this year. RIT earned top-ten finishes in acceleration, endurance and presentation events and 13th place overall among more than 120 challengers.
  • June 8, 2005

    More than 200 RIT faculty and professional staff attended the sixth annual Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning on May 24. Keynote addresses were given by Stan McKenzie, RIT provost, and Kit Mayberry, vice president of Academic Affairs.
  • June 3, 2005

    Runners enjoy a water break at the 1-mile mark of Rochester's 15th JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge held June 2 on the RIT campus. A total of 8,632 runners and walkers took on the 3.5-mile course around campus on a stellar sunny evening.
  • June 1, 2005

    The new Forman Scholarship is the gateway for one RIT undergraduate student to study in the People's Republic of China. Steven Davis, a fourth-year computer engineering student, is the first recipient of the scholarship, sponsored by David Reid, Benjamin Forman Chair of International Business in the College of Business. Davis receives $1,500 and will spend the summer in Beijing, studying Bagua Zhang, a Chinese Internal Martial Art, Chen style Tai Chi Chuan and traditional Chinese medicine under Grand-Master Xu Shi Xi.
  • May 30, 2005

    It was a Kodak moment for some RIT seniors in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences who designed a Web site providing fun facts about the father of modern photography and the founder of Eastman Kodak, George Eastman, and his Rochester home. Nearly 100 students in the new media publishing, design and information technology program in CIAS designed comprehensive multi-media packages for eight not-for-profit organizations, including George Eastman House. The students showed off their collateral materials to the RIT community May 12. To view the Eastman House Web site for children visit eastmankids.com.
  • May 27, 2005

    Panelists discuss "NAFTA: The China Factor" during a symposium sponsored by RIT's Center for International Business, May 26-27. David Reid, left, Benjamin Forman Chair of International Business in RIT's College of Business, moderated a session on the U.S. perspective of China's influence on the 10-year old trade agreement. The panel included Bruno Glavich, president and CEO of Applied Image Group, and Ron Jones, economics professor at University of Rochester.
  • May 26, 2005

    RIT President Albert Simone pitches a ball at the fifth annual President's Stickball Tournament held in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, May 25. Sponsored by the president and Staff Council, RIT staff enjoyed food, music and camaraderie at the ninth annual Staff Appreciation Day & Community Picnic, also part of the day's events.
  • May 25, 2005

    Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) spoke with local media during a tour of RIT's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS). Inouye, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, was joined by RIT President Albert Simone, right, for a demonstration of the Defene Modernization and Readiness Program. CIMS has received $21 million in Department of Defense funding over an eight-year period for related initiatives.