Photo Spotlights

FreezeFest ’22, a 10-day celebration of winter with several outdoor and indoor activities, kicked off with a free skate in the Gene Polisseni Center rink with Chocolate on Ice on Jan. 28. Chocolate treats were available during the event.

NTID Senior Lecturer Thomas Warfield delivered the keynote address at RIT's annual Let Freedom Ring event celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The second annual Women’s Leadership Summit took place on Jan. 30 in the Student Alumni Union and Campus Center. Hosted by The Leadership Academy at Saunders College, 300 students, faculty, staff, and community members attended the event, which aims to inspire, connect, and educate women and allies to become tomorrow’s leaders.

Henry Louis Gates, a Harvard professor and host of the PBS TV genealogy series, Finding Your Roots, speaks at the 40^th Expressions of King’s Legacy in RIT’s Gordon Field House. 

Rehearsals are underway for In the Heights, a musical conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Principal Lecturer in NTID Department for Performing Arts Luane Davis Haggerty. The play won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2008. Performances take place in the Panara Theatre April 15-17.

The Gene Polisseni Center hosts open skate for RIT students, faculty, and staff noon-1:30 p.m. Thursdays through March 31. Tickets are $5 and are available at RITtickets.com.

RIT student Jonathan Dharmadi, right, is one of the first students to sign the SHED beam at a Jan. 12 event. He won the contest to name the makerspace and performing arts center. He is joined by Student Government President Lucas Randrianarivelo, left, and Student Government Vice President Christopher Ferrari. Their masks were briefly removed for the photo.

RIT's fall 2021 semester concluded last week. Students return from their holiday break and resume classes on Jan. 10, 2022.

RIT's fall 2021 semester concluded last week. Students return from their holiday break and resume classes on Jan. 10, 2022.

RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies hosted its inaugural “Beyond Fashion” event to celebrate design and community Dec. 10, inside MAGIC Spell Studios’ soundstage. The event showcased a diverse collection of garments and wearables inspired by the Vignelli Archives and featured pieces crafted by Rochester-area designers Karissa Birthwright (SaintVegann), Jenna Gagnier, and Krista Jenkins (Spirit + Thread Crochet) as well as undergraduate and graduate students from RIT’s metals and jewelry design and industrial design programs.

RIT Libraries hosted Destress Fest in Wallace on Ice with events for students to take breaks during exams. Four-leaf clover plant kits were handed out as a “good luck with finals” gesture. Sara Kuehl, left, manager of Marketing and Communications at RIT Libraries, shows Jessica Sides, a fourth-year physics and psychology student from West Grove, Pa., the plant kit.

Usama Tariq, a graduate student from Pakistan in Saunders College of Business, sorts canned goods at RIT FoodShare Center. FoodShare provides RIT community members with access to food supplies and reduces waste by using donated food. The Center is open for shopping and donations from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.