Photo Spotlights

RIT joins artistic forces with local businesses and cultural organizations in downtown Rochester’s East End for the second annual First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. On tap are more than 20 performances showcasing an eclectic mix of poetry readings, dance, film, theater, music and visual arts. Here, Alexis Harris, one of the RIT Poetry Slam Team, performed on Sept. 23. For a schedule of RIT-related events, go to www.rit.edu/gcr/fringefest/.

RIT joins artistic forces with local businesses and cultural organizations in downtown Rochester’s East End for the second annual Fringe Festival. On tap are more than 20 performances showcasing an eclectic mix of poetry readings, dance, film, theater, music and visual arts. Go to www.rit.edu/gcr/fringefest to see a list of RIT-related performances. Here, Wild Nights-Play That Funky Music performed on Sept. 21 in the Little Cafe.

Bruce Barnes, the Ron and Donna Fielding Director of George Eastman House, discussed the future of the Rochester landmark in the first installment of the 2013-2014 William A. Kern Lecture Series at RIT on Sept. 19. The Kern lecture series, sponsored by an endowment from RIT’s William A. Kern Professorship in Communications in the College of Liberal Arts, provides an opportunity for scholarly discussion surrounding contemporary communication issues.

Gallery r’s newest exhibition, A Season of Festivals, features a series of panoramic photographs of Rochester’s 2012 festivals by Frank Cost, professor and program chair in RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.The gallery, located at 100 College Ave., will host a meet and greet with the artist from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 21, during the 2013 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival.

Kindergartners from Margaret’s House, RIT’s on-campus child care center, sold handmade cards Sept. 19 to benefit victims of recent flooding in Colorado. Inspired by the book The Can Do Duck: A Story about Believing in Yourself, some of the youngest students on campus donned their duck hats with cards in hand to show that anyone can make a difference. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Red Cross.

Casey Kelly ’13 looks at corporate identity manuals in the Graphic Design Archive. The Graphic Design Archive now includes the work of 40 designers and continues to grow.

Frank Argento ’64, ’70 (art and design, MFA) began working at RIT in 1965 in the Instructional Resources Center. He moved to NTID in 1973 after getting his MFA with a focus on visual communications and filmmaking. By 1980, he was teaching classes in film and television and helped students produce their own news shows for the Student Television Network. Today, he continues to teach a full load of art and design classes at NTID and he pursues his own art on the side.

RIT Press author Jack Garner signs copies of his just-released book, From My Seat on the Aisle: Movies and Memories. The book launch was hosted by the George Eastman House and was preceded by Garner’s reading of selections from his book to a packed audience in the Dryden Theater on Sept. 12.

Matt Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, leads a class in matrices and boundary value problems.

RIT President Bill Destler, center, and Managing Director of Uncommon Rochester Josh Phillips listen while RIT Trustee Ronald L. Zarrella shares his vision for the charter high school that RIT and Uncommon Schools are partnering to develop. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50235.

Rick Tolleson, lab manager for computer engineering, plants a flag in the quad near the Sentinel for Patriot Day. Members of the Air Force ROTC sold flags for a $1 donation Sept. 9 and 10, with proceeds to benefit the FealGood Foundation, an organization that supports first responders injured following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Air Force ROTC also held a vigil Wednesday morning, playing “Taps” and saluting the flags at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:37 a.m. and 10:03 a.m.

Tony Harkin, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, balances a tensegrity structure on his hand. Structures with “tensional integrity” appear in architecture, engineering and biology.