Photo Spotlights

  • April 9, 2003

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    Jeremy Swerdlow, third-year mechanical engineering technology major, traverses RIT's mini-Baja car on the water maneuverability course at the Mini Baja East in Orlando, Fla., April 6.

  • April 4, 2003

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    Pine needles and cones are covered in a thick layer of ice on the RIT campus, April 4.

  • April 3, 2003

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    RIT staff members participate in the United Way 2003 fundraising kick-off mini-golf tournament, April 2.

  • March 28, 2003

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    More than 175 Hispanic youth from Monroe County and beyond visited the RIT campus, March 27, for the 22nd Annual Hispanic Youth Leadership Conference sponsored by the Puerto Rican Youth Development and Resource Center. Here, they enjoy a cultural enrichment workshop.

  • March 27, 2003

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    Henry's Hideaway, on the fourth floor of the George Eastman Building, opened for spring quarter March 25. Operated by RIT hospitality and service management majors, the eatery is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 13. For more, visit www.rit.edu/~henrys.

  • March 25, 2003

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    Yi Yang, MBA student, assists Jen Dixon, third-year biomedical photography major, in filling out this year's tax forms. Nearly two dozen members of the Next Generation of Accountants from the College of Business are volunteering their tax preparation expertise. The group has scheduled sessions throughout the next few weeks to help RIT students, faculty and staff settle up with Uncle Sam.

  • March 24, 2003

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    Forty female high school juniors from across the northeast visited RIT March 20 and 21 for the third annual "Shadow Day," participating in hands-on engineering activities with RIT student mentors, attending classes and spending a night in an RIT residence hall. The event was sponsored by RIT's Society of Women Engineers, Women in Engineering and Admissions.

  • March 17, 2003

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    RIT students walk to class, gather to chat and generally enjoy the first spell of lovely weather in a long time on St. Patrick's Day, March 17.

  • March 12, 2003

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    Three eagles, one penguin, one polar bear, one kangaroo, one ape, one fish and a bigger-than-life elephant, are painted, decorated and dressed to the nines—thanks to the artistry of Kevin Serwacki and Chris Pallace. The two RIT illustration alumni (1996) have teamed up to design and decorate the menagerie for Rochester’s large-scale community arts project, Animal Scramble—the new version of Horses on Parade.

  • March 10, 2003

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    PUB member Adam Peck, a first-year graphic media student, coaches Ashley Harris on using computer imaging software. Members of PUB, a career and community service-oriented student group, are training 6th, 7th and 8th graders from James Madison School of Excellence in Rochester in print and imaging techniques.

  • March 7, 2003

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    RIT’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosted the Monroe County Math League All-Star Competition March 6. Approximately 600 students from across the Monroe County area attended the daylong event competing with each other in small-scale competitions across campus, struggling to advance to the next level of competition and, for a very few, the final round.

  • March 4, 2003

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    Students, spectators and student-built, remote-controlled egg-toting robots, with a mission of breaking opponents' eggs, jammed the atrium of Building 70 for RIT's third annual Battle Egg'Bots competition on Feb. 25.