Photo Spotlights

  • October 24, 2023

    three college students sitting next to each other for a panel discussion. 1

    The second annual Together RIT: A Day of Dialogue, hosted by the Division of Diversity of Inclusion, was held on Oct. 20 and focused on gender and sexuality. Student Peter Zellers, center, speaks during the opening panel held in Ingle Auditorium alongside staff interpreter Jase Rivera, left, and student Leah Dibble, right.

  • September 21, 2023

    Adam Kubert stands in front of 4 students facing away from them. He has his arm raised palm-up, gesturing toward a page from a black and white comic that is taped to a wall in the University Gallery. Everyone in the group is looking at the comic page as Kubert speaks during a workshop. 1

    Third- and fourth-year illustration students learned about the art of comics from a Marvel master during workshops on Sept. 20. Adam Kubert ’81 (medical illustration) introduced students to the world of a comics artist and the complexity of telling stories panel-by-panel. Students brought their own comics depicting the story of their journey to RIT for critique. Kubert’s workshops were part of his visit to RIT for the grand opening of the Kubert Lounge and Gallery in the Cary Graphics Arts Collection within Wallace Library and a discussion about his work on the Spider-Man India series. The lounge is named for his father, DC Comics artist Joe Kubert.

  • September 11, 2023

    R O T C and fire department members attaching an American flag to the bucket of a ladder on a fire truck. 2
    R O T C cadets in dress uniform march in a single file down a walkway while members in fatigues look on and salute.

    Members of the Henrietta Fire Department assisted by ROTC cadets hook up an American flag before raising it next to The Sentinel sculpture during the 9/11 remembrance vigil Monday morning. A joint service color guard containing members from each local ROTC branch—Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Army, and Marines—attended the vigil along with representatives from area police, fire, and first-responder agencies. The guest speaker was Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter.

  • September 5, 2023

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    college student smashing the hood of a beat-up car with a sledgehammer.
    two college students throwing basketballs in an inflatable hoop set.
    college students lined up outside to go to a table handing out free stuff.
    two college students posing for a photo against a gray backdrop, with their arms over their heads to form a heart.
    college student sitting in a box at the top of a tall pole structure.

    RIT students enjoyed free swag during TigerFest, a weeklong event that allowed them to get connected to campus, activities, and others.

  • September 1, 2023

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    two women standing at a podium outside of a college residence hall.
    college student speaking at a podium outdoors at night.
    group of people cutting a giant ceremonial ribbon in front of a building.
    two women leading a group of women on a walk outdoors at night.

    Keith Jenkins, senior vice president and associate provost for Diversity and Inclusion, speaks Thursday at a commemoration to rename an RIT residence hall after a granddaughter of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The dedication of Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry Hall was held in conjunction with RIT’s annual Lighting the Way ceremony to welcome women and non-binary students to campus.

  • August 29, 2023

    a group of multicultural college students standing in front of a house with two college presidents and their spouses. 5
    university president talking to a group of college students seated at a banquet table outdoors.
    person speaking at a podium outdoors.
    university president speaking to a college student and handing her a giftbag.
    several banquet tables outside with college students seated at them.

    The 14th cohort of the Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars were welcomed at a ceremony on Aug. 28 held at Liberty Hill. The scholars program provides scholarships and academic support to graduates from the Rochester City School District and approved charter schools.

  • August 25, 2023

    rows of college students wearing hair nets and filling bags with pasta, rice, and grains. 5
    college student ringing a cow bell at the end of an assembly line.
    several boxes stacked like the bottom of a pyramid that say U S hunger.
    college students stacking boxes that say U S hunger.
    rows of tables of college students wearing hair nets and filling bags with pasta, rice, and grains.

    Thousands of RIT’s newest students participated in the seventh Hunger Project on Aug. 25 in Ritter Arena. Students packaged more than 115,000 meals for the Rochester community that will be distributed through FoodLink. The service project is coordinated through RIT’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement.

  • August 18, 2023

    three men working in an electronics lab. 5
    four people watching a researcher demo equipment in an electronics lab.
    woman demonstrating equipment in an electronics lab.
    five people wearing hairnets and lab coats in a clean room.
    three people watching as a fourth points to equations on a white board.

    AIM Photonics hosted several days of training Aug. 15-17 in Photonic Integrated Circuits: Testing and Packaging. Training was first at its Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) facility in Rochester, for an overview and scope of available resources to set up participants for collaborations in their state-of-the-art cleanrooms. Lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on testing assembly work followed at Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester. Workshop participants came from the U.S. integrated photonics industry and academia.

  • July 31, 2023

    A college student shows a high school student how to code on the computer. 2
    A high school student listens during a summer camp.

    Omar Moralez-Saez, a third-year game design and development major, left, works alongside Shane Gayle, 17, of Rochester’s Vertus High School, during a game design camp at MAGIC Spell Studios. The camp, in partnership with RIT's K-12 University Center, taught the students the fundamentals of game design, programming logic, art, and animation through a combination of lessons and lab time. The students published their games at the culmination of the camp.

  • July 25, 2023

    eight people walking down a hallway. 5
    two people standing with their hand up to their chin as they listen to a speaker.
    six people listening to another person talk about a robotic arm.
    woman looking at a map of the world.
    two people looking at a map of the world on a glass window.

    Nabil Nasr, associate provost, founding director of Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and founding CEO of the REMADE Institute, leads members of the British Consulate General and RIT Government and Community Relations on a tour to highlight innovation at RIT. From left to right: Ben Brierley, British Consulate Head of Policy and State Government Relations; Emma Wade-Smith, His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America and His Majesty’s Consul General New York; Eleanor Boyer, Technology Sector Director; and Garrett Dunlap, Head of Science and Innovation. The delegation spent Monday touring areas around Rochester that highlight the region’s expertise in the semiconductor, cybersecurity, and renewable energy industries.

  • July 20, 2023

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    high school student in an art class looking intently at her easel.
    high school art student standing next to college professor who is pointing to the eyes of a self-portrait done in charcoal.
    high school art student looking at her self-portrait done in charcoal.

    The College of Art and Design’s School of Art invited local high school students to campus this month for a Pre-College Portfolio Preparation Workshop. The annual workshop, held July 10-21, functions as a visual arts class designed to prepare the portfolios of rising high school juniors and seniors for admission to college art programs. Over the course of two weeks, students were guided by RIT faculty members and produced high-level additions for their portfolios. This year, the workshop was offered both in-person and virtually so students from across the country could benefit.

  • July 11, 2023

    high school students sitting at rows of tables in a computer lab. 1

    Students from eighth to 12th grade learned about online safety, cybersecurity and defense, and cyber ethics during the GenCyber camp, held July 10-14 as part of RIT’s K-12 University Center’s Camp Tiger. The camp typically draws between 100 to 200 applicants and accepts 40 students, according to Daniel Krutz, RIT assistant professor of software engineering, who runs the program. Every year, five to 10 students from the camp will enroll at RIT. “If campers walk away thinking, ‘Cybersecurity—or STEM—is cool, and I want to learn more about it’—then I count that as a success,” Krutz said. Robert St Jacques and Bruce Herring, both RIT lecturers of software engineering, are co-teaching the GenCyber camp.