Photo Spotlights

Jim Augustine, center, COO of Zuckerberg Media, spoke to students in the New York GEAR UP Summer Leadership Academy about the value of an education and led the students in a Hackathon. RIT hosted high school students from across the state for the New York GEAR UP Summer Leadership Academy this week. The GEAR UP program aims to help economically-disadvantaged high school students find a path to higher education and this camp is designed to help them find their passion. RIT’s GEAR UP program serves students in the class of 2020 within the City of Rochester.

Ashley Johnson, a ninth-grader at Olympia High School, has her personal branding video shot during a class offered by the Liberty Partnerships Program. The class, Personal Branding, was part of the Communication Camp, led by School of Communication faculty. RIT’s Liberty Partnerships Program is part of the New York State Education Department’s Statewide Plan for Higher Education. The program's goal is to increase high school graduation rates.

Jessica Hartman, a ninth-grader at Olympia High School, rehearses for her personal branding video during a class offered by the Liberty Partnerships Program. The class, Personal Branding, was part of the Communication Camp, led by School of Communication faculty. RIT’s Liberty Partnerships Program is part of the New York State Education Department’s Statewide Plan for Higher Education. The program's goal is to increase high school graduation rates.

RIT/NTID held its annual Health Care Careers Exploration Camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing students entering 10th, 11th and 12th grades who are interested in a career in the health care field. Students learned about various careers in health care; enjoyed field trips to area medical facilities; were part of hands-on demonstrations in biology, exercise science, laboratory science, microbiology, nursing, nutrition; and became CPR certified.

Kat Nadtochii, an eighth-grader at Bay Trail Middle School in Penfield, N.Y., does a spirometry test to measure her lung functions at the career fair at SMASH. The fifth annual SMASH Experience for Girls (Summer Math Applications in Science with Hands-on Experience for Girls) wrapped up a week of applied mathematics with a career fair. Corporate sponsors demonstrated ways to apply math to solving real problems.

Olivia Kim, adjunct faculty in RIT’s College of Art and Design, speaks at a July 19 news conference announcing the start of the installation of 13 monuments of Frederick Douglass that she created. Kim designed the sculptures of Douglass for a Rochester, N.Y. community art venture that’s part of the Re-energizing the Legacy of Frederick Douglass project. The recognition and reflection marking the living legacy of the man and freedom-seeker marks two hundred years after the birth of arguably the most celebrated African American statesman, whose years in Rochester resulted in some of his most influential life’s work. The sculptures, fiberglass monuments molded from an original Kim sculpture, will make up a self-guided tour to sites around Rochester that were significant to Douglass’ life and work. The first will be installed at Hochstein, the site of Douglass’ funeral.

85 high school students from around the country are on campus this week as part of NTID’s career exploration program, Explore Your Future. The long-established EYF summer program for deaf and hard-of-hearing high school juniors and seniors allows students hands-on experience in a variety of areas and gives them a sample of college life.

From left, Daniella Thompson and Sophia Lanzalaco gave a summary of the day’s events for a video during the media crew class. The class, one of the offerings in the RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program, produced, edited and posted a video each day.

Spencer Thompson, a seventh-grader at Bay Trail Middle School, Penfield, N.Y., at a sound workstation for a video. RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program offered a class on sound design for video games, taught by instructor Ryan Gaynor ’15 SOIS.

Sachin Rajathadri ’17 (electrical engineering), works on a generator at InverSOL. InverSOL, a Venture creations client company founded by Saunders College graduate David Rodriguez, will soon launch its line of lower-cost, low maintenance solar generators to residents of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

From left, Emily Bellinger, an adjunct professor in the College of Art and Design, demonstrates tie-dying to Maya Carrara, who is visiting Rochester this summer from Bergamo, Italy. The textile arts workshop, one of the offerings in RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program, included tie-dying, making photograms on fabric and using natural dyes made from vegetables and fruits.

The building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios is taking shape. The program is a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education and will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.