Photo Spotlights

Jenn Poggi joined RIT this fall as a visiting assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences following four years at the White House, where she served as a picture editor and deputy director of the Photo Office.

Students Senam Akorli, left, and Sarah Fairbank have designed jewelry that was worn on the runway at Fashion Week of Rochester Oct. 16-20. Akorli is a Ghana native and second-year graduate student in the jewelry design program. Her work shows traditional aspects of her culture while also employing copper, brass, feathers and precious stones. Fairbank is a fourth-year jewelry design student who makes pieces that incorporate elements such as fur and feathers.

A roundtable titled “Growing Computer and Video Game Development in New York,” was held Oct. 22 at RIT to gather comment from interactive entertainment leaders, entrepreneurs and legislators on how New York state can attract and support the video game design and development industry. The session was hosted by New York State Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Science, Technology, Incubation and Entrepreneurship. Pictured here are RIT President Bill Destler, MAGIC Center Director Andrew Phelps and Golden.

Roger Harnish, professor of psychology in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, has been researching dreams for nearly 30 years. He has developed an app called Dream Professor that uses a series of algorithms to provide detailed analyses of users’ dreams.

Barnes & Noble @ RIT hosted a meet-and-greet with the RIT women’s hockey team on Oct. 19. Money raised from autographed team photos and a silent auction benefits AutismUp, an autism organization in Rochester.

RIT industrial design alumnus Scott Wilson, founder of Chicago-based Minimal Inc. and former global director at Nike, delivered the keynote address at the 10th annual RIT Entrepreneurs Conference hosted by Saunders College of Business on Oct. 18. Since founding Minimal in 2007, National Design Award winner Wilson has designed a variety of commercially successful products that include the Xbox 360 + Kinect, the SW_1 Collection for Coalesse and TikTok+LunaTik Watch Kits, which turn Apple’s sixth generation iPod nano into a wristwatch.

Shannon McCormick ’13 makes adjustments to an isothermal reactor in one of the state-of-the-art labs in Institute Hall, home of RIT’s new chemical engineering program.

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.

VisitRochester, the official tourism organization for Greater Rochester, hosted several executives from New York City last week and made a trip to RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The group included Mark Jaffe, left, president of the New York City Chamber of Commerce, and New York Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy ’93 (multidisciplinary studies). Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Golisano Institute for Sustainabilty, is seated in the middle.

The Brick City 5K Fun Run & Walk took place on Oct. 13 around the RIT campus. It was one of the final events during RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.

RIT’s Department of Modern Languages and Cultures in the College of Liberal Arts hosted a lecture and demonstration of a Japanese tea ceremony Oct. 11. Here, Yasue Kumano, a professor from Yamaguchi University and Ikenobo Junior College in Japan, demonstrates the practice based on the spirit of Ichigo-ichie, or the opportunity of a lifetime treasuring moments spent with guests that can never be duplicated.

Leaders from RIT’s Student Government met with astronaut Mark Kelly as he shared stories during a roundtable discussion on Oct.12. Kelly and former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords spoke as this year's Student Government Horton Distinguished Speakers during RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.