Photo Spotlights

  • February 21, 2019

    Jan Maneti, machine shop operations manager, explained and demonstrated industrial machine tools to elementary school students who toured campus labs during National Engineers Week Family Day. RIT participated in the annual National Engineers Week to highlight the innovative work done by engineers.
  • February 21, 2019

    Deaf and hearing dancers from RIT/NTID Performing Arts perform Leaves of the Poetry Tree Feb. 21-24 in Robert F. Panara Theatre. Using inspiration found in children’s stories and poetry books, this family-friendly dance production directed by Nicole Hood Cruz addresses issues and challenges that we all face, such as bullying, fear, death, racial differences, gender identity, dreams, and equality.
  • February 21, 2019

    Elementary school students toured campus labs during National Engineers Week Family Day and observed a demonstration to show the importance of bubbles to solve complex engineering problems. RIT participated in the annual National Engineers Week to highlight the innovative work done by engineers.
  • February 20, 2019

    Laura Discavage, third-year industrial engineering from Rochester, N.Y. and Victor Braescu, sixth-year mechanical engineering from Sacramento, CA., make fleece blankets to donate to Project Linus, an organization that provides comforting blankets to children who have had hardships or illnesses. RIT was one of many universities and companies joining in the annual National Engineers Week festivities to highlight the innovative work done by engineers.
  • February 19, 2019

    From left, Alec Harris, fourth-year manufacturing engineering technology; Brajon Andrews, fifth-year computing and information technology; and Micah Campbell, third-year physics, demonstrate how to make a simple motor using everyday materials. Members of the National Society of Black Engineers, they had a table set up for anyone to make a small motor using AA batteries, rubber bands, safety pins and copper coil. RIT was one of many universities and companies joining in the annual National Engineers Week festivities to highlight the innovative work done by engineers.
  • February 18, 2019

    RIT women’s hockey player Brooke Baker (#7) helps Simon Wilpert skate during the “Skate With the Tigers” event after the game against Syracuse University Feb. 15. RIT won with a final score of 1-0 and tied with Syracuse on Feb. 16, 1-1.
  • February 15, 2019

    Students in the Functional Printing course in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering participated in a demonstration of fine line screen printing for electronic applications presented by Yasuhiro Morotomi of the Japanese company, Asada Mesh. The demonstration was held in RIT’s AMPrint Center and was one of the many corporate-academic collaborations taking place in the center featuring aspects of multi-functional print technology. Corporate partners from Sun Chemical, Chromaline Screen Print Products, Tapecon Inc., Eastman Kodak and ASM Assembly Systems also were on hand to learn more about the growing industry process of electronic printing.
  • February 14, 2019

    Max Root, a first-year biotechnology student from Baldwinsville, N.Y., donates blood during the #WeChallengeU campaign. Dozens of RIT students are donating blood and participating in a challenge with UR students. A second drive is scheduled on March 21.
  • February 12, 2019

    The RIT Photojournalism Class of 2019 capstone videos will be shown 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14, at the MAGIC Spell Studios Theater. An artists’ talk with the students will follow the screening.
  • February 11, 2019

    Students skate during the Chocolate on Ice event at the Gene Polisseni Center. Chocolate on Ice is a collaborative event including the Center for Residence Life, NTID’s Student Life Team, and many campus partners who support by actively tabling and providing chocolate treats.
  • February 10, 2019

    Aimee Spisak, a new media design major from Corning, N.Y., left, and Mariel Pridmore, a bioinformatics major from Fair Lawn, N.J., skate together during the Chocolate on Ice event at the Gene Polisseni Center. Chocolate on Ice is a collaborative event including the Center for Residence Life, NTID’s Student Life Team, and many campus partners who support by actively tabling and providing chocolate treats.
  • February 9, 2019

    Asian Deaf Club celebrated Chinese New Year, the Year of the Pig, with a Lion Dance performance, calligraphy, and Wadaiko Japanese drumming.