Photo Spotlights

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

FIRST President Donald Bossi is photographed with some Penfield High School Rolling Thunder members. The FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional celebrates 15 years of competitions and highlighted alumni from area teams attending RIT and mentoring local competitors. 

Jeff Davis, associate director of RIT’s Executive MBA program, at the podium, welcomed back alumni to the 16^th annual Sharpen the Saw day, hosted by Saunders College of Business on March 15. The daylong program offered professional development and personal advice to graduates of RIT’s Executive MBA program. This year’s speakers included Kip Palmer, president and CEO, Palmer Food Services; Sandy Dominach and Garth Hankinson from Constellation Brands; Jamie Saunders, president and CEO, United Way of Greater Rochester; Andrea Holland, executive coach; and David Naylor, executive vice president, 2Logical. In addition to networking sessions and presentations, participants also attended the dedication of the Lobozzo Center for Executive Education, located in Lowenthal Hall, named for Joseph Lobozzo ’95 (EMBA), founder of JML Optical Industries Inc., and namesake of RIT’s alumni house. Lobozzo, who is a member of the President’s Roundtable and has served on the RIT Board of Trustees, has also earned the Saunders College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001, the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award in 2003, RIT Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2006, and the 2017 Nathaniel Rochester Society Award.

Chloe Arnold's Syncopated Ladies performed as part of the Expressions of King's Legacy program. Tara Setmayer, a CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill, gave the keynote address.

CNN political commentator Tara Setmayer delivered the keynote address at the annual Expressions of King’s Legacy celebration. In addition to her work as a CNN political commentator, Setmayer is an ABC News political contributor and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill. For 36 years at RIT, Expressions of King’s Legacy programming has been dedicated to celebrating the life and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.