Photo Spotlights

New freshmen arrived at RIT during Move-In Day 2014. The Aug. 19 move-in is followed by New Student Orientation, a week of programs and activities that ensures students and their families have a successful transition to RIT. Emily Faw, a first-year student in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, got a lift from RIT President Bill Destler.

The New Student Orientation Resource Fair runs until 6:30 p.m. today in the Gordon Field House. Here, Jaquan Outlaw, left, a new media marketing student, helps Tommy DiMauro, right, sign up for TigerBucks.

The Gene Polisseni Center is taking shape inside and out. The arena will be the home of the men’s and women’s hockey teams and is expected to be open for play this fall. Season tickets are on sale now and individual game tickets will go on sale August 19.

The College of Health Sciences and Technology, RIT’s ninth college, is expanding. Construction continues on the 45,000-square-foot facility at the north end of Louise M. Slaughter Hall. The Clinical Health Sciences Center is scheduled to open in fall 2015.

Nearly 220 deaf and hard-of-hearing students arrived on campus on Aug. 12 to attend the Summer Vestibule Program, an orientation program for RIT/NTID students. The bulk of RIT’s incoming first-year students arrive on Aug. 19.

RIT has more than 70 new faculty for fall semester and all were invited to New Faculty Orientation this week. The agenda included an expo in The Wallace Center, workshops on critical information and RIT culture, as well as a chance to network. Left, Juilee Decker, joining the College of Liberal Arts, met Becky Simmons, RIT archivist.

Twenty newly accepted deaf and hard-of-hearing students with little or no prior skills in American Sign Language arrived on campus August 6 for the New Signers Program, a one-week immersion program where students learn basic sign skills and get an introduction to Deaf culture.

Watch for deer, foxes and other wildlife in the woods and trails surrounding the RIT campus. Drive carefully, slow down and scan the forested areas near roads to avoid any collisions.

More than 400 guests attended the 23rd annual RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, with a chance to view and listen to more than 160 presentations from students. Scott Eisele, left, a second-year mechanical engineering student, described his project “A More Robust RC Plane for Tethered Flight” to Caleb and Floyd Kofahl. Caleb Kofahl, a fourth-year College of Science student, presented in the afternoon. His father, right, and other family members drove in from Geneva, N.Y., for the event.

Dhireesha Kudithipudi, associate professor of computer engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, and doctoral student Cory Merkel, are working toward a new generation of computing systems inspired by the operating principles of the human brain. The two are part of an interdisciplinary team that includes neuroscientists to develop the building blocks for future neuromorphic processors.

RIT students get to experience entrepreneurship firsthand at Saunders Summer Startup—a small-business launchpad where young innovators with bright ideas form interdisciplinary teams to start real companies. Established in 2011, RIT’s joint initiative between the Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Saunders College of Business is an accelerated 10-week commitment that requires student teams to work full time on their businesses over the summer. The program culminates in an “Investor Night” from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 13 at RIT’s Student Innovation Hall.

African-American, Latino and Native American seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing came to RIT July 25-27 for Steps to Success. At this weekend mini-camp, students enjoyed hands-on, career-related activities, met fellow students from other states and made new friends.