Photo Spotlights

Molly Cort, managing editor at RIT Press, spoke about the book publishing process at “Pitching and Publishing Your Next (or First) Book,” an event held at the RIT Library last week. Also offering presentations and answering questions was RIT Press Director Bruce Austin, Business Manager Laura DiPonzio Heise and Design and Marketing Specialist Marnie Soom. RIT Press is the scholarly book publishing enterprise at RIT, dedicated to the innovative use of new publishing technology while upholding high standards in content quality, publication design, and print/digital production.

The 42nd Annual RIT Juggle-In featured free shows and workshops for jugglers of all skills and ages. More than 500 people attended the three-day event.

The first of two group exhibitions featuring projects by seniors in fine arts studio, ceramics, glass, furniture design and metals & jewelry design opened on April 5 at the City Art Space downtown. The exhibit is on view through April 20 and the second group exhibit opens May 3.

Bobby Moakley, third from left, a fourth-year environmental science major and graduate student in science, technology and public policy, received the 2019 Bruce R. James Award, and James Myers, second from right, RIT’s associate provost for International Education and Global Programs, received the 2019 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award during a ceremony on April 3. From left, James Macchiano, James Award selection committee chairperson; RIT President David Munson; Moakley; Myers; and Cindee Gray, Four Presidents Award selection committee chairperson. 

Alex Wall, left, and Patrick Ly from WADAIKO, a taiko group demonstrating traditional Japanese drumming, performed at RIT Global Union’s Unification March 31. The event represented some of RIT’s multicultural organizations using dance, music and drama.

Cherry Pop, a computing security major from Dallas, performed at the RIT Gay Alliance Drag Show on March 29.

Peterson Toscano led a workshop “Wait, is Climate Change Racist, Sexist and Classist?” in the MOSAIC Center March 27. The activist and performance artist will explore gender, race, religion, sustainability and climate change as he transforms into comic characters March 28 6-8 p.m. in Ingle Auditorium.

CET Distinguished Alumnus Ben Meunier returned to campus March 26 as a guest lecture of the Fram Applied Critical Thinking Speaker Series. Meunier a 2003 graduate of RIT's electrical-mechanical engineering technology program, is a key driver of product innovation at Oakley, which develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces, and holds more than 600 patents. 

CET Distinguished Alumnus Ben Meunier returned to campus March 26 as a guest lecture of the Fram Applied Critical Thinking Speaker Series. Meunier a 2003 graduate of RIT's electrical-mechanical engineering technology program, is a key driver of product innovation at Oakley, which develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces, and holds more than 600 patents. 

The Cosplay Chess Show, a human chess match using characters from games and shows, is performed by the RIT Cosplay Troupe at Tora-Con. Tora-Con reached 15 years of celebrating anime and cosplay at their two-day convention March 23-24. The event is organized by students from the RIT Anime Club.

RIT Libraries celebrated Women's History Month with its third annual Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon March 22.

Four alumni from the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, each of whom has been recognized as either a Pulitzer Prize winner or finalist in the last decade, presented a program at the RIT City Art Space. From left, Edmund Fountain '03 (2010 finalist); David Carson '94 (2015 winner); David Wallace '01 (2018 winner); and Paula Bronstein '78 (2011 finalist) visited the RIT campus for a series of special events from March 19-22. The events were organized by the College of Art and Design's four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer William Snyder, professor and photojournalism undergraduate program director.