Photo Spotlights

Greg Lawson (MST '11) demonstrates technique to Sydney Gosink during the Drawing and Painting workshop at RIT's Camp Tiger. The one-week class included traditional and non-traditional methods and materials. Camp Tiger, formerly known as Kids on Campus, is a summer day-camp at RIT running from July 8 through Aug. 2.

Kids in Acting and Improvisation 101, a two-week performing arts workshop at Camp Tiger, participate in the trust fall exercise. The pilot program taught by David Munnell (right), senior lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts and Visual Culture and director of the theatre arts in COLA, included word interpretation, acting exercises and the trust fall. The trust fall is a team-building activity in which a member is surrounded by others for support so he/she doesn't fall. Camp Tiger, formerly known as Kids on Campus, is a summer day-camp at RIT running from July 8 through Aug. 2.

The Gene Polisseni ice rink gets its yearly layers of ice and new logo to prepare for the fall season. A foundation layer of ice is painted white and then the RIT Tiger and other logos are applied. The final step is an additional layer of ice.

Varnette Okai, a seventh-grader at Olympia Middle School, shows off her ice cream cone design composed of balloons. RIT’s Liberty Partnerships Program's workshop with Kelly Cheatle ('98, '99 illustration and graphic design), artistic director at Airigami https://www.airigami.com, ended with a fashion show of costumes created with balloons. RIT’s Liberty Partnerships Program is part of the New York State Education Department’s Statewide Plan for Higher Education. The program's goal is to increase high school graduation rates.

RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering hosts RoboCamp over several weeks during the summer for students in grades K-10. While engaging in hands-on activities, the students explored engineering concepts using motors, sensors and programming skills to build robots for fun and challenging team-based projects and friendly competitions. The camp is open to students with varying experience levels but all with an interest in learning more about robotics.

Kids attending Camp Tiger's Sue's Tech Kitchen workshop watch their projects get tested. Zuckerberg Media’s “Sue’s Tech Kitchen: Mission to Mars” is being piloted at RIT before it expands to New York City and other venues. Envisioned by Zuckerberg Media Founder and CEO Randi Zuckerberg, Sue's Tech Kitchen creates STEM-inspired adventures that inspire children from all backgrounds to engage with tomorrow's technologies today. Camp Tiger, formerly known as Kids on Campus, is a summer day-camp at RIT running from July 8 through Aug. 2.

The RIT Foodshare garden is bursting with tomato, zucchini and pepper plants along with mint and basil. Foodshare supplies donated food, both perishable and non-perishable items, to the campus community and is located at 113 Riverknoll.

Salida Cintron, 12, a Calkins Road Middle School student, examines her bottle that demonstrates different weights of liquids. The experiment was part of a RIT Camp Tiger workshop "Experiments in Science!" for fifth- through seventh-grade students. Camp Tiger, formerly known as Kids on Campus, is a summer day-camp at RIT running from July 8 through Aug. 2.

RIT has partnered with Seneca Park Zoo Society to work on several projects on- and off-campus to promote the conservation of pollinating animals, including birds, bees, and butterflies. Globally, pollinators face diminishing populations due to factors such as habitat loss, climate change and agricultural pesticides, which can disrupt ecological health and agriculture. FMS planted a Seneca Park Zoo Society seed mix, specially designed to conserve pollinators in Western New York, on campus along Max Lowenthal Road.   

Renewable Futures, a group exhibit showcasing artists from RIT's College of Art and design during the 1960s, is on view through August 10 in the University Gallery.

RIT is one of the top host sites in the nation for Research Experiences for Undergraduate students, with eight programs in research areas across STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines. The REU Graduate Study and Research Symposium, held here June 28, connects undergraduates in the REU programs with RIT graduate students, who will present their research and share their experiences.

Construction is underway for RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute, a new wing of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences that will help the university become a nexus of cybersecurity education and research.