Photo Spotlights

RIT President Bill Destler, who joined the university this summer as its ninth president, addresses the campus community for the first time on August 30.

More than 3,200 first-year students have arrived at RIT, and they attended a convocation ceremony Aug. 27 as part of orientation activities. The students processed into the ceremony during the annual Tiger Walk, where they were welcomed by boisterous faculty and staff dressed in RIT garb and equipped with noisemakers. The first-year students are comprised of 2,530 freshmen and approximately 740 transfer students. It's the largest freshman class in RIT history and a 3.3 percent increase from last year's record-setting class.

More than 3,200 first-year students have arrived at RIT, and they attended a convocation ceremony Aug. 27 as part of orientation activities. The students processed into the ceremony during the annual Tiger Walk, where they were welcomed by boisterous faculty and staff dressed in RIT garb and equipped with noisemakers. The first-year students are comprised of 2,530 freshmen and approximately 740 transfer students. It’s the largest freshman class in RIT history and a 3.3 percent increase from last year’s record-setting class.

Networking, Security and Systems Administration professors Bill Stackpole (far left) and Yin Pan (far right) are among the department’s faculty members sharing their expertise with educators from all over the country. Professors from Oakwood College, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Hampton University have taken on the role of students, learning about networking, computer security and forensics. The two-week workshop, sponsored by a $114,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to build up the number of faculty teaching security courses and ultimately increase the number of students nationwide learning about cyber security. The grant will also fund Networking, Security and Systems Administration faculty and students to travel to each of the partnering universities for upcoming guest lectures and curriculum training.

The Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science is holding its eighth summer internship program for high school juniors. Students from local high schools work alongside professors and students in the various labs in the center. Nan Wang is in the PRISM lab using instrument and computer to measure spectral reflectance from printed images.

The Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science is holding its eighth summer internship program for high school juniors. Students from local high schools work alongside professors and students in the various labs in the center. May Cheung and Raliek Boswell perform tests in one of the labs.

RIT held its Undergraduate Research Symposium Aug. 10. The symposium, designed to spotlight research conducted by undergraduate students at RIT, has seen a 30 percent growth in its number of participants since last year. Here, Kyle Edenson presents his research on polyaromatic hydrocarbons.

Twenty-five students, ages 14 and 15, primarily from the Rochester City School District, are participating in the RIT Summer Computer Science Camp. Over the course of the camp, students will build computers, install software, and learn about resume writing, preparing for a job interview and interpersonal communication.

Foundations and buildings emerge at Park Point, the $72 million retail and residential development at the corner of John Street and Jefferson Road. Apartments, restaurants, a bookstore and other retail stores will give RIT students and the Rochester community even more choices.

Stephen Kingston, RIT’s new executive chef for Brick City Catering and the Student Alumni Union cafeteria, is creating fresh, imaginative menus. Expect to see offerings such as roasted salmon with sauce Veronique, new wraps, salads and healthy choice selections.

RIT hosted Everyday Engineering Summer Camp for seventh- and eighth-grade girls, July 23-27, featuring daylong, hands-on sessions about the engineering behind common, everyday items such as cars, compact discs, sneakers and faucets. As part of the camp, the girls visited Strong National Museum of Play on July 26. Here, Sarah Winzenried works on a construction project with a team of three girls.

RIT hosted Everyday Engineering Summer Camp for seventh- and eighth-grade girls, July 23-27, featuring daylong, hands-on sessions about the engineering behind common, everyday items such as cars, compact discs, sneakers and faucets. As part of the camp, the girls visited Strong National Museum of Play on July 26 to learn the science of the butterfly habitat. Here, Imani Baker gets up close and personal with one of the specimens.