College & Careers Workshops

See how advanced 3D software is being used to design the latest games, movies, visualizations and interactive experiences. Faculty will demonstrate how a project is designed from sketches to the final game environment, and show you how you can launch your career in a variety of emerging industries. Get access to 3D models that you can use to start your portfolio.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

New Media Design, BFA is at the intersection of visual communication, design strategy, technology, and user experience. With new digital devices and emerging technologies stretching the form of screen-based communication and interactivity, new media designers are poised to become the innovative thinkers, designers, and creators of the next generation of user interfaces and digital experiences. Students are well equipped with the aesthetic creativity, technical skills, and knowledge to meet the needs for a creative career in visual, interactive consumer electronics, and motion for the digital advertising, marketing, mobile, web, app, internet, and corporate design industries. This session will explore student projects, industry leaders, and emerging trends to show you how to combine your passion for creativity, visual design, computer graphics, 3D, and programming to become a skilled new media designer.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

This session will introduce students to the profession of interior design and share program highlights through student activities and project work that illustrates the technical and creative aspects of this career.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

This session will investigate the endless possibilities that graphic design offers, including topics such as motion design, branding, signage, packaging, interactivity, UX/UI, information design, editorial design, environmental design, wayfinding design, and more!

You will see how graphic designers use typography, imagery, design strategies, traditional materials and methods along with technology, to create visual communication designs that inform, direct, entertain, and educate. We will explore how it is incredibly valuable and highly marketable to be able to design both digital and print for many kinds of audiences, and you can end up in a large range industry of jobs representing both, having the capacity to see comprehensive design solutions and consistency across multiple media.

We will share methods, techniques, strategies, and emerging trends, so you can use your passion for creativity for your future. Participants will walk away with a wider scope of what graphic design is and its endless possibilities.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Come and learn how science and engineering combine with imaging technologies used in the motion picture industry to prepare students for research engineering roles or technical post-production positions like digital color correction, sound design and visual effects at technology and entertainment powerhouses like Netflix, Sony, Technicolor and Dolby.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Creating color images using the red, green, and blue channels in a digital camera is a fundamental process in creating a digital image. This process involves combining the intensity values from the red, green, and blue channels to produce a full-color image. We will explore using the three color channels from different images to create color separation images, mixing science with art.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Play Beat the Market, an online game simulating "real world" market conditions. Compete with others in your session and dominate the market to become a business tycoon. This session will also reveal how there is more to fields of Accounting and Finance than you know. Students will receive login credentials in advance of the session.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

What do BMW, Cleveland Cavaliers, Tesla, Southwest Airlines, Liberty Mutual Insurance, EY, Intuit, and many other employers have in common? They have all hired Saunders College of Business Management Information Systems (MIS) students to do business analytics work in the last 3 years! In this workshop, you will practice working with visual data analytics tools on real business data to gather insights and make business decisions. Examples of the application of these technologies in the MIS, Marketing, and Supply Chain careers will be explored.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Have you ever considered that there are careers in social media? Yes, that’s right, you could spend your day posting to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Here in the School of Communication, we dive deep to understand how to navigate social media as a brand, journalist, advertiser and as a media literate individual. This session explores tips, tricks, theory, practice, storytelling and careers in social media.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Learn the steps needed to take a hotel concept from idea to opening and how to maintain its successful operations. The various hotel classifications, ratings, management, franchising, and business aspects of a hotel will be discussed in this interactive session. The presentation will also highlight the people and careers that make great customer experiences in the lodging industry.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Real estate is more than just buying and selling houses. The rise of Airbnb and similar platforms have elevated the role of hospitality real estate as a lucrative investment asset class. In this session, students will learn how individual investors and households can be a part of this risky yet highly rewarding investment vehicle. This session will also introduce the real estate development process as a means to understand how concepts turn into reality and discuss career opportunities in this particular field.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

The global economy is more connected across countries and firms than ever before. As a result, supply chain management is one of the fastest growing business fields in the world today, and some of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, including Amazon, Walmart, and Alibaba, made their fortunes through the mastery of their supply chain. In this session, you will learn about the different careers available to you in supply chain management and how firms and their supply chains are affected by global events.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

What does it take to be an American Sign Language-English Interpreter? What kinds of jobs are available and where are they? It may surprise you to know that ASL-English Interpreters are in short supply in many different settings. From classrooms to concert stages, or emergency rooms to court rooms, qualified interpreters are in great demand. This interactive workshop will introduce you to the things you need to know about becoming an interpreter.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Have you ever considered that there are careers in social media? Yes, that’s right, you could spend your day posting to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Here in the School of Communication, we dive deep to understand how to navigate social media as a brand, journalist, advertiser and as a media literate individual. This session explores tips, tricks, theory, practice, storytelling and careers in social media.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

The New Media Design, BFA is at the intersection of visual communication, design strategy, technology, and user experience. With new digital devices and emerging technologies stretching the form of screen-based communication and interactivity, new media designers are poised to become the innovative thinkers, designers, and creators of the next generation of user interfaces and digital experiences. Students are well equipped with the aesthetic creativity, technical skills, and knowledge to meet the needs for a creative career in visual, interactive consumer electronics, and motion for the digital advertising, marketing, mobile, web, app, internet, and corporate design industries. This session will explore student projects, industry leaders, and emerging trends to show you how to combine your passion for creativity, visual design, computer graphics, 3D, and programming to become a skilled new media designer.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

When you meet a new client from a foreign country, should you shake hands or bow? When should you give business cards? Or how do you say hi to a friend from a foreign country? We know people communicate differently in different parts of the world, but tend to follow the manner of our own country in real situations. In this session, we will highlight cultural differences between US and some of the countries in Asia, Latin America, and/or Europe in occasions such as greetings, showing appreciation, and shopping. You will then learn some short, useful phrases that are commonly used in those situations.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Netflix, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Google. We use these and other platforms daily to communicate with friends and family, buy movie tickets, learn new things, and watch our favorite shows. Often, we do not think about the technology that enables these applications to be available and work as well as they do. Consider the number of movies available for on-demand streaming. Where is that data stored? How are those movies accessible 24/7? In this workshop, using a cloud computing environment, you will explore some of the protocols, technologies, and methods used to make the Internet happen.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Do you have a passion for technology, problem-solving and expressing yourself creatively? If so, check out New Media Interactive Development (NMID). New media is how we interact with the world via technologies like the web, social networks, mobile devices, wearables, and VR headsets. An interactive developer is someone who envisions, designs, and builds rich and immersive experiences for new-media users. As an NMID student, you'll build skills in programming, user experience design, web/mobile/device technologies, and teamwork. You will design and program apps of all kinds: websites, games, simulations, educational tools, AR/VR interfaces, and more. Come and see how to combine your passions for tech, problem-solving, and pure creativity to build a career in the exciting and lucrative field of new media development!

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

A video game designer’s task is to engage, to inform, and to entertain players as they move through a level. This is often done in a way that is seamless and unseen by the player. We will delve into Platformers, puzzle games, first-person shooters, and RPG Dungeons and learn the techniques used to develop content that fascinates, baffles, thrills, panics, satisfies, and most importantly, drives the player of today’s video games.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Biomedical engineers are intimately involved in the development of systems, devices, and techniques to address health issues. They are important contributors to multidisciplinary teams that develop new products and services in support of healthcare to restore, sustain, and enhance the health and well-being of individuals. You will see the impact of technology on the medical practice and learn about the kinds of jobs biomedical engineers do in their chosen profession.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Chemical engineers have become extremely versatile in their impact on different markets in today’s society. Using their knowledge of scientific principles (physical and organic chemistry integrated with physics, mathematics, and biology) and design constraints (such as economics and environmental requirements), chemical engineers develop processes to manufacture products with desired purity, on a scale that meets the demands of virtually every industry in our modern society. Chemical engineers also use their knowledge of chemical transformation to create such materials in an environmentally friendly way. You will learn how the fields of chemical engineering and chemistry differ, and how chemical engineers often focus their training on problems beyond the discipline’s traditional chemical-making focus.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

From the ancient wonders of the Pyramids and the Great Wall to the modern skyscrapers and bridges, civil engineering is an impactful profession spanning the entire human history. In the modern era, civil engineers analyze, design and construct buildings, bridges, highways, water infrastructure, airports, tunnels, gas pipelines, and much more. Civil engineers also inspect, evaluate and rehabilitate the existing structures, and mitigate disaster damages to the structures. In this session, we will explore how bridges carry traffic loads, demo how earthquakes shake buildings and learn the strategies to make buildings more resilient, and introduce RIT's Civil Engineering Technology program.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Computer engineers design and develop integrated software and hardware systems, ranging from smart phones to autonomous robots. Students in RIT's Computer Engineering program tackle real-world challenges through hands-on labs as well as industry-sponsored design competitions. The broad skill set and knowledge from circuits to programming enables our graduates to work in a variety of industries to design intelligent, resilient, secure, high performance and low power computing systems. Come experience the interface between hardware and software through a set of activities ranging from testing your reaction time to creating your own song on a microcontroller board.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

The convergence of AI, edge computing, and wireless technology creates an ecosystem that drives innovation and efficiency across various domains. Sensors collect real-time data and are attached to edge devices for local processing. These edge devices are wirelessly connected, reducing latency and enhancing privacy, while AI algorithms enable immediate decision-making and predictive analytics. This integrated approach improves smart cities, healthcare, and industrial automation. Despite their advanced capabilities, these technologies allow hobbyists, students, and specialists to experiment and build inexpensive projects, making learning and innovation fun and achievable. In this talk, we will explore these technologies and provide examples of devices that can be used in the context of the Internet of Things.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This session will delve into the rapidly evolving field of Packaging Science, highlighting its crucial role in today’s global economy, environmental sustainability efforts, and technological advancements. By exploring real-world applications, industry trends, and career opportunities, the session aims to excite prospective students about the potential impact and opportunities within this dynamic discipline. Additionally current student and faculty research projects will be highlighted showcasing the vast and amazing world of packaging science. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions during and within the presentation.

Sessions Offered:

#1 -  Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

The session will expose students to the different majors and the areas within each major offered by the ECET department. In addition, there will be a demonstration of the working of a miniature windmill. The windmill will be 3d-printed. A motor will be connected to the windmill to generate a small voltage. This voltage will be captured and displayed on the computer screen using an Arduino. Thus, this demonstration will cover both the electrical (in terms of designing a power generator) and computer (in terms of writing the code for Arduino) aspects of ECET. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions during and within the presentation.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Anyone can design a flyer, but only professionals Do Graphics Right, ensuring graphic communications are effective, produced efficiently, and capable of scaling across media. In this session, we will introduce the viewer to the world of print and graphic media, where professionals produce market-relevant, color-managed, data-driven, automated graphic media projects.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This presentation will introduce the ECET department's courses related to intelligent robots, highlighting our hands-on teaching philosophy that encourages students to learn through practice. It will cover the core courses, including circuits, programming, microcontrollers, robot modeling and real-time control, robot vision, and machine intelligence. Students’ coursework from the spring of 2024 semester will be showcased.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Electrical engineering is a core fundamental engineering field from which many major innovations of this century have emerged. Autonomous cars, internet, and smart health technologies are some of the recent major innovations electrical engineers brought to life. Electrical engineering involves areas such as integrated circuits, computers, lasers, robotics, semiconductors, bioinstrumentation, photonics, communications, artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous system, clean energy, smart grid, and signal/image processing. Get a glimpse of electrical engineering in laboratories where you will view and manipulate images, work with collaborative robots, learn how to control robots with biosignals, measure electrical signals of the human body, design communication systems, and design small systems in health, energy, homes, and automobiles, examine how electrical engineering is applied to solve everyday problems.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

RIT’s Environmental Sustainability Health & Safety major was selected as one of the four best environmental programs in the nation! This major will prepare you to be a champion of environmental sustainability and health & safety. You'll learn how we eliminate release of pollutants into the environment and develop solutions for real life safety problems. Imagine how a Level-A emergency responder hazardous materials suit looks and feels, and learn how they protect workers from hazardous chemicals in the workplace, and citizens from chemical pollutants in the environment.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Industrial engineers love to improve processes. We reduce waste in manufacturing lines, save lives by making hospitals run more efficiently, and even analyze data to help reduce wait times for rides at theme parks. Industrial engineers are behind the scenes of many complex problems from finding the most cost effective way to deliver millions of packages a day, to creating standard work procedures for astronauts on the international space station. We design systems, collect data, and model information with an eye toward efficiency, quality, safety, sustainability, and cost. In this session, you will experience distinct areas within industrial engineering revolving around improving system processes, performing ergonomic analyses to promote workplace and athletic efficiency, and creating and fabricating new products using 3D printing.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This session will delve into the rapidly evolving field of packaging science, highlighting its crucial role in today’s global economy, environmental sustainability efforts, and technological advancements. By exploring real-world applications, industry trends, and career opportunities, the session aims to excite prospective students about the potential impact and opportunities within this dynamic discipline. Additionally, current student and faculty research projects will be highlighted showcasing the vast and amazing world of packaging science. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions during and within the presentation.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Mechanical engineers are found in just about every industry influencing the development, design, testing, and manufacture of all manner of mechanical, thermal and electrical products, tools and machines. Beyond the more obvious areas of math and science, what are the skills and disciplines that mechanical engineers need to learn and apply to succeed in this profession? Faculty will describe what mechanical engineering students learn and do by providing highlights of our experientially oriented program including internships and student clubs, and examples of how we have applied these things throughout our careers.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

With the increasing complexity of vehicles, additional considerations for design requires an understanding of a variety of opportunities and constraints to integrate good looks, performance and newer technologies. mechatronics engineering combines mechanical, electrical and software skills and knowledge into a single discipline which allows for complex systems to be designed and developed. Experience interactive sessions that explore factors of designing commercial & race cars, motorcycles and bicycles. Design aspects related to RIT’s award-winning student run clubs for the off-road Mini Baja race car and the all-women’s (Hot Wheelz) SAE Formula Hybrid Electric race car will be also be shown. Other topics such as car doors that open upward, suspension systems for improved ride or handling, using artificial intelligence for making cars safer and custom fitting bicycles to the user will be covered. Some experiments using computer simulations that help engineers to do this design work will be demonstrated.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Semiconductors… microelectronics… microchips… the technology that is part of everything we do with devices such as cell phones, computers, cars, displays, LED lighting, and solar panels to name a few. It’s the technology that enables the electronics industry; robotics, medical instruments, biosensors, autonomous vehicles, virtual reality and artificial intelligence are all made possible because of microchips. In this session, students will gain an overview of how microchips are fabricated at nanoscale dimensions in a special ultra-clean environment. The field is multidisciplinary and involves many areas of science such as chemistry, physics, optics and materials science, along with traditional electrical engineering topics such as circuits and electronics. Students will get a broad view of the semiconductor industry and career opportunities, along with details of our unique program which is well recognized and has made RIT the first choice in finding the best microelectronic engineers.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems, and satellites are used in many industries to capture environmental images using complex imaging systems. Our team designs these imaging systems and can add special sensors like LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to collect precise image data, helping us tackle issues like crop production and climate change. In this session, you’ll learn about physics concepts such as the near-infrared reflectance of leaves and tools like lasers that allow us to “see through forests.” Then, we’ll work together to analyze images from the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York as well as the RIT campus to classify different cover types and evaluate vegetation health.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

This session will delve into the rapidly evolving field of Packaging Science, highlighting its crucial role in today’s global economy, environmental sustainability efforts, and technological advancements. By exploring real-world applications, industry trends, and career opportunities, the session aims to excite prospective students about the potential impact and opportunities within this dynamic discipline. Additionally current student and faculty research projects will be highlighted showcasing the vast and amazing world of packaging science. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions during and within the presentation.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

RIT’s Environmental Sustainability Health & Safety major was selected as one of the four best environmental programs in the nation! This major will prepare you to be a champion of environmental sustainability and health & safety. You'll learn how we eliminate release of pollutants into the environment and develop solutions for real life safety problems. Imagine how a Level-A emergency responder hazardous materials suit looks and feels, and learn how they protect workers from hazardous chemicals in the workplace, and citizens from chemical pollutants in the environment.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems, and satellites are used in many industries to capture environmental images using complex imaging systems. Our team designs these imaging systems and can add special sensors like LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to collect precise image data, helping us tackle issues like crop production and climate change. In this session, you’ll learn about physics concepts such as the near-infrared reflectance of leaves and tools like lasers that allow us to “see through forests.” Then, we’ll work together to analyze images from the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York as well as the RIT campus to classify different cover types and evaluate vegetation health.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

See how advanced 3D software is being used to design the latest games, movies, visualizations and interactive experiences. Faculty will demonstrate how a project is designed from sketches to the final game environment and show you how you can launch your career in a variety of emerging industries. Get access to 3D models that you can use to start your portfolio.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Do you have a passion for technology, problem-solving and expressing yourself creatively? If so, check out New Media Interactive Development (NMID). New media is how we interact with the world via technologies like the web, social networks, mobile devices, wearables, and VR headsets. An interactive developer is someone who envisions, designs, and builds rich and immersive experiences for new-media users. As an NMID student, you'll build skills in programming, user experience design, web/mobile/device technologies, and teamwork. You will design and program apps of all kinds: websites, games, simulations, educational tools, AR/VR interfaces, and more. Come and see how to combine your passions for tech, problem-solving, and pure creativity to build a career in the exciting and lucrative field of new media development!

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

A video game designer’s task is to engage, to inform, and to entertain players as they move through a level. This is often done in a way that is seamless and unseen by the player. We will delve into Platformers, puzzle games, first-person shooters, and RPG Dungeons and learn the techniques used to develop content that fascinates, baffles, thrills, panics, satisfies, and most importantly, drives the player of today’s video games.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

There has never been a better time to discover your place on the landscape of biomedical challenges facing our world today. Some are represented by old challenges such as cancer and new ones such COVID-19, monkey pox, and other emerging infectious disease that threaten to bring our world as we know it to a frightening, unfamiliar, and inconvenient halt. These challenges can only be met and overcome by the continual production of excited and inspired problem solvers who operate through critical thinking. If this sounds exciting to you, then you should know that the biomedical sciences represent an incredible myriad of opportunities that exist at the intersection of medicine, immunology, drug abuse, infectious disease and other areas of the medical field that you may not even be aware of yet. Come and learn how a degree in biomedical sciences can position you specific to careers in medical, dental, and graduate programs. There is something in biomedical sciences for everyone.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Please join us for this session to learn about a degree in Global Public Health at RIT if any of the following sounds like you:

• Are you someone who likes learning about science and how the human body works?
• Do you want to pursue a career where you know you can use your life to make a real difference in the world?
• Do you want to be an advocate for improvements in people’s physical and mental health?
• Are you concerned about the impact of climate change on people’s health and safety?
• Do you want to work towards answers for some of society’s biggest health challenges like the opioid epidemic, gun violence, lack of access to health care and other inequities that exist in our world?
• Are you interested in preventing health problems so that everyone can live long lives and reach their full potential no matter their ethnicity, where they live, how much money they have, or any other defining characteristics?

If so, a degree in Global Public Health from RIT may be the perfect next step in your life’s journey!

With this degree, you can follow several paths. You could decide to go right to work in a local public health department, an organization like the American Heart Association, or American Cancer Society, or move into an administrative role in a healthcare system. Our graduates could pursue work with emergency response organizations like FEMA or the Red Cross.

For those that plan to pursue graduate degrees, you can use this program as the perfect launching pad for medical school, PA school, nursing school, and any of the allied health professions. You may want to pursue a Masters of Public Health or PhD and move towards a career in research or academia in a university or at places like the CDC and National Institutes of Health. This is a wonderful Pre-Law degree for those who want to take a leading role in advocacy through our legal system.

Maybe you aspire to work internationally for the World Health Organization, UNICEF, or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). We can provide you with the foundational education and experiences you need to make those dreams a reality!

If you like health-related courses and want to do something meaningful to help people but aren't sure exactly what specific career you want to pursue, this is the perfect degree for you! With the help of our academic advisors, we can guide you towards various concentrations, immersions, minors, experiential learning opportunities, study abroad experiences, and much more to help you find your calling!

If this sounds intriguing, please join us for this session so you can learn more about how a bachelor’s degree in Global Public Health from RIT could be your passport to a life of profound purpose!

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Fitness has several components, one of which is flexibility. The ability to take a joint through range of motion is influenced by the condition of the surrounding tissues. We will explore the assessment of flexibility, the athletic benefits of being flexible, and reveal the physiological mechanism by which you can increase the flexibility of your muscles and joints. Be prepared to do some stretching.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Love animals? Thinking of a career that involves various biological sciences such as zoology, animal behavior, veterinary medicine, animal science, or other related disciplines? We will explore the use of a biology degree as preparation for various careers. You’ll get to meet one of our RIT lizards as we talk about the pathways available for animal science careers.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

The impact of nutrition, diet, and the food environment has never been more powerful. Nutrition professionals work in a variety of settings, including health care, business and industry, community/public health, education, research, government agencies and private practice. This active session explores career opportunities at the convergence between nutrition and well-being. Participants will be invited to participate in a smoothie demo to explore the nutrient profiles of various plant-based beverages. Home participation in the demo is optional, but if you choose to participate, please have a blender, fresh or frozen fruit and a beverage like plant-based milk, dairy milk, or juice available.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

You will be involved in an actual clinical scenario, utilizing patient history and physical examination findings that a Physician Assistant in the medical field would encounter, while gaining an introduction to various diagnostic evaluations. By proceeding through this case, you will be guided to uncover the appropriate diagnosis. In this clinical vignette, you will be encouraged to illustrate appropriate risk factors and associated findings contributing to this diagnosis. The patient's prognosis and future preventive strategies for health promotion will be discussed.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Thousands of students enter college planning to go to medical school. But what does it really take to prepare for this challenging endeavor? What do you need in your “Pre-Med Playbook?” Hear from RIT alumni who are currently in medical school, as well as some who are practicing physicians today. They’ll talk about college classes, research experiences, and what medical school admissions boards are REALLY looking for.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

You might have heard of, and probably know, someone who has had an ultrasound examination. You may have even had an ultrasound examination yourself. Did you ever think that a career in ultrasound might be right for you? Do you like to work and interact with patients? Do you want to work in the medical field? Do you want to use this pathway to become a physician? Do you want to have a great job with a great salary? We hope to answer all of these questions for you. Come and join our professionals and students for exciting, interactive and live ultrasound demonstrations in our hospital-simulated and state-of-the-art ultrasound scanning suite.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

If you think the criminal justice system in the US needs improving, joining us and becoming a criminal justice major could be your first step toward being a part of that change. Criminal justice could be the most relevant and exciting choice before you. Work and learn alongside professors who are addressing everyday problems where community, justice, crime, and technology collide. You will have the opportunity to engage with community partners, professionals in the field, and faculty as you immerse yourself in the exciting challenges of the criminal justice field. If you join us we guarantee you will be studying justice within a "free" country with the highest incarceration rate, ever-present controversy involving the regulation of guns and the consequences of gun violence; racialized police violence; drug enforcement policy and the legalization of marijuana; the motivation behind cheating, fraud, and aggression; and, other engaging topic areas including cyber security and emerging technology. You will be well placed to obtain meaningful employment in a variety of areas including crime analysis and varied criminal justice and community agencies, including: federal, state, and local, or pursuing advanced degrees in law or criminal justice.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

What skills will you learn as an economics major at RIT? What types of career options do economists have? Join us to discuss these questions. Learn how economists find answers to important and puzzling questions such as, does your childhood neighborhood affect your income as an adult, do better public schools result in lower teen pregnancy rates, and why do firms damage their own products?

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” This quote, from the 1951 novel The Go-Betweens by L.B. Hartley, has often been cited to encapsulate the challenge of fully understanding the historical past. Researching history is a bit like traveling to a county you’ve never visited. While aspects of the place may seem familiar, you’ll also encounter regulations, codes of behavior, and beliefs systems that appear completely foreign to our modern world. But if the past really is a foreign country, why do we need to visit? In this session we’ll discuss some of the strategies historians have used for studying the past as well as the possibilities and limitations of historical research. We’ll also consider how studying history equips us with vital survival skills for the 21st century. Learning to conduct research, interpret and evaluate different types of evidence, and develop persuasive arguments are all essential skills in a wide variety of professional fields, from medicine and education to law. Historical training can help us sift through the real and “fake” news and AI-generated text and images that increasingly inundate our screens, while also teaching empathy, cross-cultural competency, and interpersonal skills vital for any successful career.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

An estimated 75 percent of students in the United States change their college major at least once before graduation—so you’re smart for exploring all the possibilities now! This session offers the opportunity to explore your personality type and the factors that influence career choice. It will also introduce you to the process by which you may, without delaying graduation, take up to two years in the Liberal Arts Exploration program to choose a major in the College of Liberal Arts.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

When you meet a new client from a foreign country, should you shake hands or bow? When should you give business cards? Or how do you say hi to a friend from a foreign country? We know people communicate differently in different parts of the world, but tend to follow the manner of our own country in real situations. In this session, we will highlight cultural differences between US and some of the countries in Asia, Latin America, and/or Europe in occasions such as greetings, showing appreciation, and shopping. You will then learn some short, useful phrases that are commonly used in those situations.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Come learn about our exciting project with research scientists from the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science: we work together with libraries, archives, and museums to recover obscured and illegible text on historical documents, artifacts, and works of art. In this session, we’ll talk about how the system works and how we can help museums, libraries, and archives read between the lines of old manuscripts that have been overwritten or are faded or damaged. Students working on this project will share their progress. And we’ll talk about a number of other experiential learning opportunities for RIT museum studies students.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Perhaps you are a philosopher. So, perhaps, is everyone else, at least sometimes and to some extent. What is philosophy? One traditional answer, going back to the origin of the word in ancient Greece, was that philosophy is the love of wisdom. Another is that philosophy is the attempt to articulate apparently important questions that don’t yet have clear-cut answers. What kind of life should you lead? What makes the difference between things that are ethically OK and things that are wrong? What is the difference between a factual statement and a value statement? Philosophers ask good, challenging questions, and they are experts at drawing distinctions—important skills for any professional to have! Philosophy prepares you to read, write, and think critically. Find out what philosophers do, how they do it, and why they do it.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

You may have watched the events of January 6, 2021 on television, but how deeply do understand its politics? The competing narratives of various officials, commentators, and internet weirdos make it difficult to grasp what the Yale historian Timothy Snyder called the “American abyss.” Maybe it was just a handful of patriots taking a tour of their capitol building? Was it, as the FBI declared, “domestic terrorism?” Was it a coup, or, more precisely, a self-coup? As a field of study that focuses on power relations at every level of the social strata, political science has developed philosophies, theories, and concepts that can help you develop a sophisticated understanding of the domestic, international, and even global implications of that ignominious day. In doing so, you'll get a taste of the way our political science program can help you develop the kind of incisive thinking and analytic skills crucial to myriad different career paths.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

What is personality? Can you figure it out with a Buzzfeed quiz? Where does personality come from? How does personality impact what we do? What happens when personality and mental illness collide? These are the kinds of questions asked by psychologists. Come learn about how psychologists examine personality and apply this to everyday life and mental illness. You’ll never look at an online quiz the same way again!

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

In this interactive session, you will play an online game in which a major natural disaster (wildfire, earthquake, hurricane, or tsunami) is heading your way. Your job is to save as many people as you can and protect critical resources. What strategies will you use to save people? What will the people need to rebuild their community after the disaster is over? The timer is counting down, so you have to act quickly! This game mirrors the work that city planners do. Disaster management and city planning are two of a multitude of careers that sociology and anthropology graduates can pursue. Sociologists and anthropologists explore the deepest questions about humanity and our social relationships. We examine all of humanity, from the ancient past to our dynamic and global present, and human societies across the globe, to understand our diversity and also what unites us.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Come and learn how science and engineering combine with imaging technologies used in the motion picture industry to prepare students for research engineering roles or technical post-production positions like digital color correction, sound design, and visual effects at technology and entertainment powerhouses like Netflix, Sony, Technicolor, and Dolby.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Creating color images using the red, green, and blue channels in a digital camera is a fundamental process in creating a digital image. This process involves combining the intensity values from the red, green, and blue channels to produce a full-color image. We will explore using the three color channels from different images to create color separation images, mixing science with art.

Sessions Offered: 

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Love animals? Thinking of a career that involves various biological sciences such as zoology, animal behavior, veterinary medicine, animal science, or other related disciplines? We will explore the use of a biology degree as preparation for various careers. You’ll get to meet one of our RIT lizards as we talk about the pathways available for animal science careers.

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

What do the following things have in common: a bar code on a can of soup, your credit card number, a deep space satellite transmission, a cell phone call, & a quantum computer? Answer: They all use some pretty cool mathematics to detect and/or correct errors. Whether data is stored on a physical device or transmitted via a communications channel, mathematical algorithms are used to ensure accuracy. In this session you’ll see the power of these mathematical techniques in action (and learn to use a few of them yourself). This session will also highlight mathematical careers in national security, cybersecurity, and digital communications where you can design, build, and analyze technologies like these (plus a lot of other important things!).

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

In 2015, residents of Flint, Michigan began to complain about the water coming from their faucets. It smelled and tasted bad. Adults and children were getting sick from it. To help during the crisis, companies like Walmart and Coca-Cola donated bottled water to get children through the rest of the year. How do we know if they donated enough water? Mathematical modeling is used in situations like these to help policy-makers, health officials, corporations and others make good decisions. Come to this session to put your own math skills to the test and learn how math is used to solve important, real-world problems in many different kinds of careers.

Sessions Offered:

#3 - Tuesday, August 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

How can we use mathematics to update our knowledge about a given situation after we receive new information? The key tool for doing this is called Bayes’ theorem, and it is the basis of a very in-demand and lucrative career field of bayesian statistics.  In this presentation, we will use Bayes’ theorem to show how to update our knowledge in two very important applications: life on Mars and testing for diseases.  

Sessions Offered:

#1 - Monday, August 5, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

In this session, we will explore how computers can be trained to recognize and interpret images. We'll start with the basics of convolutional neural networks, explaining how these algorithms learn from data. We will learn about tensors, neurons, layers, kernels, and the concepts of convolution and activation maps. We will run a demo that trains a convolutional neural network on the MNIST dataset for recognizing handwritten digits.

Sessions Offered:

#4 - Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Come learn about our exciting project with research scientists from the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science: we work together with libraries, archives, and museums to recover obscured and illegible text on historical documents, artifacts, and works of art. In this session, we’ll talk about how the system works and how we can help museums, libraries, and archives read between the lines of old manuscripts that have been overwritten or are faded or damaged. Students working on this project will share their progress. And we’ll talk about a number of other experiential learning opportunities for RIT museum studies students.

Sessions Offered: 

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Understanding the knowledge and skill sets needed for a career path can help lay the foundation for a successful college learning experience. Join the School of Individualized Study for a conversation about career discovery and designing and curating an individualized degree. We will explore various ways in which you can independently research the skills and competencies needed, including the use of high-value online career tools, and the benefits of connection-building, adapting to change, and self-advocacy.

Sessions Offered:

#2 - Monday, August 5, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.