James Yarrington

James Yarrington, a native of Warsaw, New York, studied architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He worked as an architect in private practice for 19 years in Rochester before coming to RIT in 2001. The university comprises nine academic colleges, including the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). “My time here is interesting because I came during a huge transformation period,” he says. During his time, Yarrington—who also serves as an adjunct associate professor of architecture—has overseen the addition of more than $500 million in new construction. “The campus keeps evolving by creating a conversation between the old aesthetic and new projects,” he says.