Photo Spotlights

  • March 14, 2025

    wo artists paint a vibrant mural on a black brick wall, featuring bold white text reading 'Let me hear some noise' alongside graphic elements and social media icons. 1

    Trey Choate, left, a third-year visual media major, and Melson Miranda, a second-year visual communications design major, spent part of Spring Break painting a mural. Designed by Amber Stokes, a multimedia graphic designer with RIT’s Finance and Administration division, the mural was made for a relaunch of the former Ritz Sports Zone. Now officially “Ritz,” the space gives visitors a new vibe, focusing on energy, pride, and unique connections that make RIT a vibrant community. A week of events are planned in the space including making charm bracelets, photos with Ritchie and Balloon Ritchie, trivia, table and lawn games, interactive crafts, giveaways, and more.

  • March 6, 2025

    Young woman in a black blazer hands a resume to a recruiter in a gray polo at a career fair booth with an I T T engineering banner in the background. 4
    Young man in a navy suit and yellow tie stands in a crowded hallway at a career fair, holding a notebook and looking ahead with a confident expression.
    Two women in business attire have a conversation at a career fair, one holding an orange R I T folder while the other holds a rolled-up document.
    Large group of people gathered on an indoor track, many wearing business or company-branded attire and holding R I T Tigers signs, smiling at the camera.

    Aashka Desai, left, a 2024 graduate of RIT’s computer science master’s degree program, returned to campus for RIT’s spring Universitywide Career Fair held on March 5 in the Gordon Field House. Hundreds of RIT students in search of co-op opportunities or full-time employment met with representatives from 170 companies. Here, Desai, who is from India, interviews with Jordan Noll-Lamantia from ITT.

     

  • March 4, 2025

    Three people sit around a conference table, engaged in discussion. A man in a suit smiles, while a woman with glasses takes notes. A whiteboard behind them features hand-drawn portraits and 'Multi-Media Staff' text. 1

    RIT’s next president, Bill Sanders, met with members of Reporter Magazine on March 3. The meeting was one of many for Sanders during his visit to campus on March 3 and 4. The current dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering assumes RIT’s top post on July 1.

  • February 27, 2025

    Taken from an angle looking up toward the sky from the ground, an athlete on the left side of the image rushes toward the finish line for the special olympics snowshoe competition. His arms are raised and he is just feet away from the large archway marking the finish line. 5
    A man and woman athlete sit closely together, their heads turned toward each other as the woman leans on the man's shoulder. The photo is close-up showing only their chest and up.
    A photo of the crowd where almost everyone is blurred and not in focus. The only woman in focus, wearing a red hoodie, is clapping for her daughter as she watches her skate on the ice rink.
    Taken from lower toward the ground, the camera looks up at an athlete performing on the parallel bars. The athlete is holding himself up with his arms, his body almost in a sitting position as he extends his legs straight out in front of him while keeping his back straight. In the background you can see the audience watching closely.
    On the left, a portrait of a young athlete wearing the medals they earned during the competition. On the right, an athlete poses for their portrait outside in full winter gear, the ski path is in the background.

    The moment Alex Pazderka, a New York state Special Olympics athlete, crossed the finish line during the snowshoe competition was captured by photojournalism student Rebecca Villagracia. As part of a yearslong collaboration with Special Olympics, led by Associate Professors Jenn Poggi and Josh Meltzer, a team of over 80 RIT students, faculty, and alumni documented the 2025 Special Olympics New York State Winter Games. By lending their expertise in photography and digital storytelling, students gained work and leadership experience that mirrors real-world reporting expectations while learning more about disability rights, advocacy, and community.

  • February 11, 2025

    hands hold a small prototype of a lunar rover. 3
    a birds eye view of the interior of RIT's SHED.
    Three people look at a student showcase on posterboard.

    RIT’s College of Liberal Arts collaborated with the NASA HUNCH (High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware) program to host a critical design review on Feb. 10. NASA HUNCH works with high school students to find innovative solutions to real problems faced by researchers and scientists on the International Space Station (ISS). Students traveled to RIT from Toronto, Buffalo, and Rochester to present their designs. Here, Zahra Hassanali, a senior from Victoria Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto, holds her team’s prototype of a lunar rover.

  • February 10, 2025

    a group of people stand on stage with a comicaly large check. 4
    two students dance on stage
    a student does a yo-yo performance on stage.
    members of WADAIKO, a Japanese drumming club, perform in Ingle Auditorium

    RIT President David Munson and his wife, Nancy, both wearing RIT orange, congratulate The Jive, a jazz combo formed in 2023, for the group’s performance of ‘Blacck.’ The Jive won first place and $1,000 in Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase on Feb. 7. The group’s six members are Nicholas Parsons, Isaac Kott, Jeffrey Gross, Troy Wolf, Shane Guasteferro, and 2023 alumna Jessica Panuccio.

  • February 7, 2025

    Two women stand on either side of a long table talking. One is a potential employer, and the other is a student holding her resume. There are examples of the companies different packaging offerings on the table between the two women. 4
    A group of male students stand together with an RIT alumnus looking over materials they collected during the career fair.
    Two women stand on either side of a long table talking. One is a potential employer, who is seated, and the other is a student, standing and holding her resume.
    An alumna stands on the left holding examples of different packaging solutions. On the right are two male students holding resumes and looking closely at the packaging solutions.

    Students in packaging science and graphic media technology participated in the annual career fair for these programs on Feb. 5 in the Polisseni Center. The students connected with industry professionals for spring and summer co-op opportunities and full-time positions.

  • January 31, 2025

    Manuela Campanelli, left, and John Vorous, right, stand for a photo. 1

    Manuela Campanelli, left, Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics and founding director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, was recognized as the John Vorous Endowed Professor at a ceremony on Jan. 28. Vorous, right, was a former teacher of RIT alumnus Austin McChord ’09 (bioinformatics). McChord created four endowed professorships to honor his grade school teachers.

  • January 30, 2025

    Deborah Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), appears behind a podium on stage. 1

    Deborah Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), was the keynote speaker at RIT’s Expressions of King’s Legacy event on Jan. 29 at the Gordon Field House.

  • January 21, 2025

    Professor speaks at podium next to sign language interpreter 1

    Irshad Altheimer, Ellen M. Granberg Endowed Professor, was the keynote speaker at Let Freedom Ring, an annual event commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Altheimer’s talk was titled, “An Unjust Burden: Examining Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.”

  • January 16, 2025

    a student points at a whiteboard with research shown on it. 1

    Justin Au, a fifth-year RIT physician assistant major from Rochester, presented his graduate research at a student showcase held at Rochester General Hospital on Jan. 15. His literature review explored new ways to treat severe depression, including the FDA-approved ketamine and transcranial stimulation therapy. The research showcase promoted the RIT Rochester Regional Health Alliance, a strategic partnership between the two institutions, which provides learning experiences for students.

  • November 25, 2024

    An R O T C cadet sits at a control desk with another standing next to him. 5
    An R O T C cadet sits at a control panel looking at a large screen in front of them.
    An R O T C cadet sits in a gaming chair with an A R device on their head.
    Two R O T C cadets sit in a small room. One has an A R device on their head while the other looks at them.
    An R O T C cadet looks out a window where a military plane is passing by.

    Sixty cadets from the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at RIT completed a four-hour capstone exercise on Nov. 23. The project required select cadets to combine their academic disciplines and leadership training to design, plan, and run the execution of a wargame scenario that would test their fellow cadets’ application of a semester’s worth of training. This simulation took place in the Cyber Range in the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute.