Photo Spotlights

Lil Kids on Campus, a six-week camp for children attending Margaret’s House Child Care Center at RIT, welcomed children from Julie Shahin’s kindergarten class at Rochester School for the Deaf on Aug. 12. All of the children enjoyed an outdoor carnival with games and activities and shared lunch together.

RIT students were among dozens of community volunteers who volunteered during Lose the Training Wheels, hosted by the Gordon Field House and Activities Center Aug. 8-12. The camp helps kids with autism learn how to ride a conventional bike without training wheels, which organizers say builds self-confidence and provides inclusion with peers. UNYFEAT, an organization that supports individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families, sponsored the event. Here, Will Schlindler, an eight-year-old from Pittsford, gets support from Kris Spencer, a third-year interpreting student at NTID.

Christopher Sullivan, a mechanical engineering major, was among the more than 200 RIT students who participated in the annual Student Research and Innovation Symposium on Aug. 12. Sullivan presented his preliminary design of an ankle foot orthotic that adapts to differing terrain. Student researchers and innovators presented their work throughout the day at Louise Slaughter Hall and the Center for Student Innovation.

Nineteen students experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s Steps to Success weekend summer camp. The camp is for deaf or hard-of-hearing African-American, Native American or Latino students entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in Fall 2011, and who are interested in exploring careers in technology.

Nineteen students experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s Steps to Success weekend summer camp. The camp is for deaf or hard-of-hearing African-American, Native American or Latino students entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in Fall 2011, and who are interested in exploring careers in technology.

Nineteen students experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s Steps to Success weekend summer camp. The camp is for deaf or hard-of-hearing African-American, Native American or Latino students entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in Fall 2011, and who are interested in exploring careers in technology.

Twelve boys experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s TechBoyz Camp, a weeklong summer camp for deaf or hard-of-hearing boys entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade this fall who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math.

Twenty-two girls experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s TechGirlz Camp, a week-long summer camp for deaf or hard-of-hearing girls entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in fall 2011 who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math.

The Dyer Arts Center at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf is hosting the exhibit “Stephanie Kirschen Cole, A Tribute in Celebration of Her Life and Art,” with a reception 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 5. Stephanie Kirschen Cole, painter and collagist, was a professor in RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Science until her recent passing at the end of May. She had been planning for this solo exhibit for more than a year. It now has been installed to celebrate her life and runs through Aug. 12.

More than 200 deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students attended RIT/NTID’s Explore Your Future, a six-day career awareness program in July. They experienced college life and got a taste of real-world careers in business, computing, engineering, science and art.

Renowned designers Massimo Vignelli, left, and George Lois, second from right, hosted a master designer’s workshop in July in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies. Participants from all over the country were part of a hands-on weeklong workshop working with the pioneers. Lois’ iconic Esquire covers that he designed for the magazine from 1962 to 1972 are on exhibit in the University Gallery, adjacent to the Vignelli Center.

Kayjona Rogers, left, and Carina Scalice, from Penfield, practice using the pipette during the DNA Detectives camp, July 25-29, offered as part of RIT’s Center for Bioscience Education and Technology bioscience exploration summer program. Twelve students from area middle schools learned about their personal genetics and how DNA is used to solve crimes. Dina Newman, assistant professor in biological sciences, presented the campers with a mystery involving RIT’s mascot RITchie, which they had to unravel using DNA clues.