Photo Spotlights

  • April 5, 2019

    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. 

  • April 2, 2019

    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.

  • March 30, 2019

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

  • March 28, 2019

    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.

  • March 27, 2019

    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. 

  • March 26, 2019

    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. 

  • March 25, 2019

    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.

  • March 24, 2019

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

  • March 22, 2019

    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. 

  • March 22, 2019

    John Shea, a ceramics studio resident this year and a RIT 2011 graduate in ceramics, adds color to a piece during the Studio Arts Walkthrough inside the College of Art and Design on March 21. The annual event allows artists in the College of Art and Design to showcase their creative process in various studio spaces. 

  • March 21, 2019

    Alexis Scott, a fourth-year graphic design major from Albany, N.Y., visits with a company representative from Saatchi & Saatchi during Creative Industry Day inside Gordon Field House on March 21. The career fair for creatives by creatives includes portfolio reviews, speakers, professional networking and job opportunities. The event brings professionals (many of whom are alumni) from a variety of creative fields to the RIT campus.

  • March 19, 2019

    The Concert Band is an ensemble comprised of wind instruments that performs a variety of works including the Sousa marches, British Band literature, Broadway music, the latest compositions, and much more. The band typically performs several times each semester.