Photo Spotlights

Graduation Fair 2014 provided students with a one-stop shopping opportunity for all things related to the May 23-24 commencement weekend.

Kindergartners and preschoolers from Margaret’s House created treats and cards for a Valentine’s Day sale on Feb. 10. They raised more than $115 to be donated to the RIT United Way campaign.

Brian Durkin, a photojournalism student at RIT, photographed the Polar Plunge at Ontario Beach Park on Feb. 9. More than 2,000 people participated in the event and raised about $250,000 for Special Olympics New York.

More than 600 volunteers, including about 100 RIT students and 150 alumni, provided the primary light source for the 29th Big Shot image while RIT photographers shot an extended exposure of one of Rochester’s natural and iconic spectacles at High Falls.

John Resig ’05 (computer science) spoke with students on Feb. 7 about how his recent work with Khan Academy is changing how people learn how to program. Resig, the creator of jQuery, a JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML, now works at Khan Academy, an educational website. His talk titled, “Hacking CS Education at Khan Academy,” looked at the structure of the platform and the implementation of the real-time JavaScript editor system.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of social news and entertainment website Reddit, stopped by RIT Feb. 7 to give a talk about harnessing the power of the web for good. The entrepreneur and activist spoke about his new book and talked with special guest RIT alumnus John Resig ’05 (computer science).

Students lined up for FreezeFest giveaways, shirts and pens, on Feb. 5. Here, Daniel Nwosu, a mechanical engineering technology student, just missed getting a shirt before they ran out. Becca Delaney, assistant director of marketing and event services, said there will be more giveaways before the FreezeFest weekend. The upcoming event includes entertainment, a 5K run, sledding, ice sculpture and more. RIT’s 5th Annual FreezeFest is Feb. 21-23.

Kim Kolb, a Ph.D student in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, and Brandon Hanold, an engineer in the Center for Detectors, prepare to test one of the detectors grown on silicon wafer substrates.

Over intersession, six undergraduates and eight graduate students from RIT’s School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation traveled to Dubai for a study-abroad experience. From left to right are Qian Chen, Amanda Krol, Chloe Williams, Zelma Collazo, Dan Xie, Devin McDermott, Tianwei Jiang, Samir Saad, Saleh Aljubaili, Stefan Woerner, Zachary Trombley, Abdulmalik Aljurbua, Matthew Krause and Ruobing Kong. Students will give presentations on their week in Dubai from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at Henry’s Restaurant in Eastman Hall.

Created by RIT graduate Eric Irish, the TigerSafe app enhances traditional blue light offerings with voice and text capabilities, GPS location tracking and reporting services. The idea for the app came when Irish began working with RIT Public Safety Investigator Tony Yazback, left, to look for ways to increase the office’s modern technology presence.

RIT Student Government hosted its annual Super Bowl party in the Gordon Field House on Feb. 2. The game was projected and captioned on giant screens. The free event included food, prizes and giveaways.

Students lined up for FreezeFest giveaways, scarves and bobbles, on Jan. 30. The upcoming event includes entertainment, a 5K run, sledding, ice sculpture and more. RIT’s 5th Annual FreezeFest is Feb. 21-23.