Photo Spotlights

Saunders College of Business welcomed Randi Zuckerberg to RIT as part of the Gasser Lecture Series. She is the Founder & CEO of Zuckerberg Media, an author and former social media marketer for Facebook.

Golden Circle alumni took a tour of campus starting with Global Village before their luncheon on Friday. The luncheon, a Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend tradition, is for alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago. The Golden Circle event is one of dozens this weekend for alumni and families of current students. For a full schedule, visit http://www.rit.edu/gcr/brickcity/.

Vint Cerf, vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, kicked off the 2015-2016 Golisano Dean’s Lecture Series Oct. 16 at RIT with a talk about “Digital Vellum: Preserving Digital Content for the Ages.” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet.

Actress-singer Jackie Cruz, star of the popular Netflix hit series Orange is the New Black, is the featured speaker during Hispanic Heritage Month at RIT. Cruz met with filmmaking students before her talk on Oct. 15. The event is sponsored by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Campus Life.

Actress-singer Jackie Cruz, star of the popular Netflix hit series Orange is the New Black, is the featured speaker during Hispanic Heritage Month at RIT. The event is sponsored by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Campus Life.

The RIT African Percussion Ensemble had a practice session by the Tiger Statue recently. The group is directed by Professor Carl Atkins, from the Department of Performing Arts and Visual Culture in the College of Liberal Arts.

Father Patrick Conroy spoke as part of the “What Matters to Me and Why” series in the Skalny Room of the Schmitt Interfaith Center as well as about “Faith in America: Integrating Faith and Politics” in the Allen Chapel on Oct. 13. Conroy serves as the 60th chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sarah Griffith, left, assistant director for clubs and community outreach, explains Commuter Spirit Week to students during a preview event. The Center for Campus Life sponsors a week full of activities, giveaways, food, and demonstrations from Oct. 19-23.

RIT/NTID alumnus and deaf rapper Sean Forbes and his band rocked a packed Panara Theatre on Oct. 9 for a concert featuring sign language and spoken English.

Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 4-10 and focuses on safety and ways to reduce fires. RIT's Safety Day featured a live burn demonstration on Oct. 3 in S Lot. The Henrietta Fire Department educated students about cooking and fire safety with a burning mock kitchen. The event was sponsored by RIT’s Finance & Administration and Student Affairs.

RIT students from a variety of disciplines came together Oct. 3-4 for the IdeaLab, sponsored by The Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Student groups worked to create solutions to real-world access technology challenges and presented their outcomes to sponsors including Al Sigl Community of Agencies.

RIT Dining Services hosted a farm-to-table event for students on Oct. 1. A farmers market took place outside of Grace Watson Hall, featuring local vendors’ fresh fruit and vegetables and a live calf onsite. The meal at Gracie’s utilized some local ingredients produced within 100 miles of campus. The farm-to-table movement endorses eating healthy, local foods that support local economies.