Photo Spotlights

Brian Dagan, first-year information technology major, helps students Krystal Bush, Laura Grzywna and Sara Brooks program a LEGO Mindstorms robot, as part of RIT's second annual "Shadow Day," March 14-15. Thirty-seven high-school junior girls from more than two dozen schools in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania participated in hands-on engineering-related activities with RIT student mentors, attended classes and spent a night in an RIT residence hall.

RIT students and staff participate in a drumming circle, March 18 in Fireside Lounge during A Tribute to Women, a celebration of women's history sponsored by the RIT Women's Center.

Otto Vondrak, a member of RIT's model railroad club, carefully assembles a model railroad train on the track. The club hosts their annual spring show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, in the Student Alumni Union lobby.

Robert Paine (left), RIT chemistry professor, and Cindy Gary, senior research administrator, watch the live NASA webcast, Partners in Progress — The President's Management Agenda and the Higher Education Community, March 14 in the Carlson Building.

David Scheiderich, fourth-year software engineering major, sits outside his temporary home along the quarter mile, March 13. Members of Alpha Phi Omega become homeless for a couple of days annually the first week of spring quarter to raise money for the Salvation Army.

Nabil Nasr (right), director of RIT's National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery (NCR3) watches Bill Flynn, president of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), affix a plaque to NCR3's Partners and Affiliates Wall, inducting NYSERDA into the program, March 12.

Monroe county high school students compete in a county-wide math contest in RIT's Ingle Auditorium, March 7. Finalists, from a pool of 480 students, faced-off later in the day vying for the chance to compete at the state-wide competition.

Buds appear as a tree reawakens in early March behind RIT's Wallace Memorial Library.

The beginnings of a new pine cone slowly come to life on the RIT campus.

Performers from the world renowned Step Afrika! USA dance troupe showcase their artistry in traditional African step dancing, as well as hip-hop, gumboot, modern, house and freestyle dancing, Feb. 22 in Ingle Auditorium. The show, in celebration of Black History Month, was sponsored by RIT’s Center for Campus Life.

From left, Williams Daniels, Kijana Crawford, Frank Annunziata, and Richard Newman participate in a history department roundtable discussion celebrating Black History Month, Feb. 20.

Tricia Mills, who works in RIT's Student Alumni Union's Cafe, holds some of her award-winning chocolate creations at the 16th annual Chocolate Desert Competition.