Photo Spotlights

RIT President David Munson looks out at the expansive area between the Student Alumni Union and the Wallace Library that will house the Innovative Maker and Learning Complex. The building, expected to open in fall 2023, will include a makerspace, a black-box theater, a dance studio, and music rehearsal areas.

Patrick Fielding, a production cook in RIT Dining, taught himself how to play piano on this one in Fireside Lounge. He practiced during breaks and early mornings to perfect his skills during the past two years. With a background playing percussion and bass guitar, Fielding learned quickly. He and others in RIT Dining have been cooking for the women’s and men’s hockey athletes while the teams train and compete during the semester break.

The fourth annual Let Freedom Ring event celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day featured a presentation by Joshua Rashaad McFadden, an assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in RIT’s College of Art and Design. “A Moment in a Movement” took place on Zoom on Jan. 18.

The RIT campus saw some snow accumulation this week.

The RIT men’s hockey team practices in the Gene Polisseni Center with Coach Wayne Wilson, right. RIT hosts Long Island University Dec. 11-12 for a pair of non-league games.

Students lined up for voluntary, free COVID-19 testing before they left for Thanksgiving break.

Students enjoy the fire pit and eating outdoors during a warm evening in Global Village.

An art installation depicting Anna Murray Douglass, the first wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, was unveiled Nov. 13 at the site where the couple lived in Rochester from 1848 to 1851. Hinda Mandell, associate professor in RIT’s School of Communication, introduced the piece, funded by RIT, to attendees.

About 150 RIT student volunteers built sheds and walls for new homes for Flower City Habitat for Humanity at the Framing Frenzy event Nov. 6.

Anthony Scrittorale, left, and Amanda Richardson share a table near Rosica Hall surrounded by fall colors. Both are first-year mechanical engineering technology students from different towns in New Jersey.

Adam Weitz, a first-year mechanical engineering student from Niskayuna, N.Y.,  turned 18 just in time to vote on Election Day. RIT students cast their votes in the Nov. 3 presidential election at a polling site in the Gene Polisseni Center. The students had registered to vote using their on-campus address. 

Students draw live birds brought by the organization Wild Wings. Professor Alan Singer’s zoological and botanical illustration class allows students to accurately depict animals and plants for use in various media.