Photo Spotlights

RIT students march in the Tiger Walk to the Convocation for New Students and Families in the Gordon Field House. A record 2,940 freshmen have enrolled this year. The RIT Faculty & Staff Alumni Chapter is co-hosting the event with the Center for Orientation & Transition and the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.

First-year students Georgina Buckingham and Ryan Ostler march in the Tiger Walk to the Convocation for New Students and Families in the Gordon Field House. A record 2,940 freshmen have enrolled this year. The new RIT Faculty & Staff Alumni Chapter co-hosted the event with the Center for Orientation & Transition and the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. There are more than 1,400 RIT alumni employed by the university that are a part of the new chapter. The alumni chapter will be coordinating special events and social activities in the future and picked Tiger Walk to kick off the academic year.

The Resource Fair, taking place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 18 in the Gordon Field House, is a comprehensive event that allows new students and their families to get their questions answered, meet with staff members, take care of business, and get information regarding the resources and services available at RIT and in the community. This is also the location for all new students and families to check in for Orientation. Participating offices, departments and selected vendors include Registrar, Information and Technology Services, Dining Services, Student Financial Services, Financial Aid, and Parking and Transportation Services. From left, Swetha Iyer and Shweta Yakkali from India and first-year graduate students in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, pick up some RIT T-shirts.

Gabriel Broderick, a first-year College of Science student from Marblehead, Mass., gets some help moving from his father, Michael. His mother, Theresa, right, is a 1984 and 1993 RIT alumna. More than 3,400 first-year and transfer students are expected to move into their dorms today. Returning students move in during the rest of the week, and classes begin Aug. 24.

Dawn Carter, senior lecturer in biology, is the coordinator for the RIT community garden. The garden began in 2009 using sustainable materials and methods. It’s divided into several individual plots and common areas. Any surplus is donated to Recover Rochester or Foodlink.

Harvey Palmer, dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, today announced his retirement from the college he has led for the past 15 years. Palmer, who shaped the college into one of the top undergraduate and graduate engineering programs in the country, recognized for programs in nanotechnology, 3D printing and sustainable engineering, will step down June 30, 2016. Palmer is seen here in a photo taken for the August-September 2014 issue of Athenaeum.

Cullen Shade of Whiting, Ind., already wearing his Tiger Pride, checks in for NTID’s Summer Vestibule Program on Aug. 11. SVP provides first-year and transfer students with classroom and social experiences prior to the beginning of classes.

First-year and transfer RIT/NTID students move in for the first day of SVP, the college’s Summer Vestibule Program, that provides classroom and social experiences prior to the beginning of classes.

Visitors packed RIT’s Sustainability Institute Hall on Aug. 7 to hear presentations on groundbreaking research during the university’s 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Students presented on a wide variety of research themes including biomedical and life sciences; optics, photonics and imaging; energy and sustainability; chemistry and materials sciences and engineering; computer modeling, design and simulation; ecology; and social sciences and humanities. The keynote address was delivered by Andrew Phelps, founder and director of RIT’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC).

RIT assistant coach Dave Insalaco instructed youth players at the Tiger Hockey School held at the Gene Polisseni Center this week. Boys and girls tested out a big-time arena in the school’s 16th year of operation.

Research assistant Aaron Schweinsberg, left, associate professor Jie Qiao and fourth-year imaging science student Zachary Mulhollan experiment with a new kind of wavefront sensor in the Laboratory for Advanced Optical Fabrication, Instrumentation and Metrology in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science. Research conducted in the lab helps to advance optics hardware.

Third-year industrial design student Taylor Clow, left, led a group of prospective students and parents around campus on July 24 during RIT’s 25th annual College & Careers program. Students entering their senior year of high school tour campus and the residence halls and take workshops on the types of programs RIT offers. The next program is offered Aug. 7-8.