Photo Spotlights

Representatives from more than 50 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations met with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students for co-ops and jobs at RIT/NTID’s 18th annual Career Fair on Oct. 17.

Daniel Randall (’04 metals and jewelry design) visited RIT Oct. 16 to give a lecture and a demonstration to undergraduate and graduate students in metals and jewelry design. Randall is a professor of art and oversees the metals and blacksmithing concentration at the Appalachian Center for Craft at Tennessee Tech University.

From left, Jacob Cozzarin, a fourth-year computer science major; Kyunghwan Sul, a fourth-year student in the game design and development program; and SungYoung Kim, associate professor in the electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology program, surround Shu Kitajima, a researcher and technologist from the Japanese Broadcasting System. Kitajima presented a lecture about developing and implementing ultra-high definition TV sound systems technology. The students shared current research underway to build an ear training video game, a tool for new audio engineers to better distinguish sound through localization.

RIT’s School for American Crafts held its 14th annual Glass Pumpkin Patch fundraiser Oct. 13. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the RIT Women’s Council Scholarships, Bridging the Gap Fund, and the Visiting Artists Series for the RIT glass program.

RIT’s School for American Crafts held its 14th annual Glass Pumpkin Patch fundraiser Oct. 13. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the RIT Women’s Council Scholarships, Bridging the Gap Fund, and the Visiting Artists Series for the RIT glass program.

RIT’s School of Individualized Study hosted the first in a series of comic lectures with award-winning cartoonist Carol Tyler. Before Tyler’s talk on her memoir about the Beatles, she led a workshop and demo for students.

From left, Alex Carpenter, Austin Davis and Nick Bogan kicked-off a fundraiser with a trampoline event. Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity is fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a 48-hour Jump for Jude.

Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin visited RIT/NTID for a tour and met with students and faculty. The senator, whose brother was deaf, has been a strong supporter of RIT/NTID.

Second-year mechanical engineering student Melody Sadowski-Buca meets with a representative from Advanced Atomization Technologies at the Career Fair. More than 5,000 students and RIT alumni visited with more than 250 employers in the annual Fall Career Fair.

The 33rd RIT Big Shot illuminated Old Fort Niagara on Sept. 29. Nearly 825 participants lit the historic fortress to provide an exposure of 90 seconds at f16 at ISO 100.

The 33rd RIT Big Shot illuminated Old Fort Niagara on Sept. 29. Nearly 825 participants lit the historic fortress to provide an exposure of 90 seconds at f16 at ISO 100.

James Le, a first-year computer science graduate student from Vietnam, talks to a representative about opportunities in Denmark and Sweden at the Study and Work Abroad Fair in the Student Alumni Union.