Photo Spotlights

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (right) visits RIT's Defense Modernization and Readiness Program and its latest research subject—an A-6E Intruder plane—on Dec. 3 at the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. Research on this plane will lead to developing technologies to benefit aging commercial aircraft and other military aircraft, says Nabil Nasr, CIMS director (center). Also pictured, RIT President Albert Simone (left).

The Cat in the Hat opened in movie theaters on a sunny fall day last month. On the same day, The Sentinel at RIT cast a shadow that many people thought bore a striking resemblance to the Cat in the Hat.

Faculty, staff and students answer the call of those in need as 57 “dinner baskets” were collected for families at Wilson Commencement Park, Sojourner House and the YWCA, Nov. 21. The Thanksgiving Appeal is sponsored by the Small Business Council of the Rochester Business Alliance.

Students enjoy the newly renovated Eastman Kodak quad on the RIT campus.

Violinist Gareth Johnson performs with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in an all Mozart concert at RIT on Nov. 14 This second concert of the Performing Artist Series this year was sponsored by the Henrietta Commerce Network, RIT's Assistant Provost for Diversity, Student Affairs and the North Star Center.

Daniel Carp, Kodak chairman and CEO and RIT alumnus (MBA ’73) joins RIT President Albert Simone in unveiling the newly constructed archway and grand staircase to the Eastman Kodak Quad, Nov. 14. The area was formally dedicated to commemorate the long-standing partnership between Kodak and RIT.

A student performs with the RIT Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Kruger, assistant professor of music, on Nov. 3, kicking off a week of musical performances in Ingle Auditorium.

Liz Schifano, a fourth-year psychology student and member of Professor John Roche's creative writing class, reads her poetry, Nov. 11, at Java Wally's @ RIT's Wallace Library.

Computer engineering majors demonstrated senior-design, computer-controlled robotics inventions on Nov. 6. Included among the projects was a "contactless" dance pad using laser beams and controller signals on a modified version of the game, Dance Dance Revolution, shown above being tested by a student.

Yes, that was the RIT tiger statue you saw being carted away in the bed of a pickup truck recently—but its disappearance wasn’t a homecoming prank. The statue was temporarily moved from its usual spot along the quarter mile near the Student Alumni Union as workers built a new "perch" and stone sitting wall and added lighting to enhance the area as a gathering spot.

RIT President Albert Simone (right) and Lucius "Bob" Gordon shake hands after a brief brick laying ceremony at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, Oct. 27. Gordon, an RIT trustee, is a key contributor to the field house and the person after whom it is named.

Bill Larsen, associate professor of civil engineering technology and advisor to the RIT Caribbean Students Association, and Natesha Greaves, fifth-year industrial and systems engineering major and president of the association, prepare to raise the U.N. flag at RIT on Oct. 24 to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.