Photo Spotlights

Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli, a graduate from RIT’s criminal justice program, received the Contributions to Justice Award at the Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Public Safety Initiatives Luncheon May 4.

Bevier Gallery is exhibiting MFA Thesis work from CIAS’ School of Art and the School for American Crafts until May 12. The BFA Senior Exhibition in ceramics, furniture design, glass, metals and jewelry design opens May 4, 6-9 p.m. at Gallery r.

The BFA Senior Exhibition in ceramics, furniture design, glass, metals and jewelry design is on view at Gallery r through May 13.

Kathrine Switzer, athlete, author and spokeswoman, met with RIT students from the women’s cross country team today. Switzer is best known as the first woman to enter and run the Boston Marathon in 1967. She is the keynote speaker at the Women’s Career Achievement Dinner April 30, sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender and the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement.

A student team exhibited a scrum cap for rugby that will reduce the likelihood of concussion during game play at the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on April 28. Project manager and industrial engineering student Akane Fujimoto helped an attendee try on a prototype.

Renowned dietitian and nutritionist Ellyn Satter visited the RIT campus April 24-26. She met students and faculty, and gave public talks on issues surrounding feeding children. Here, Satter taught the Lifecycle Nutrition Class on April 26 to students in RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition.

Lenore Pearlstein, publisher of INSIGHT Into Diversity, presented RIT the 2018 Diversity Champion to RIT President Munson on Wednesday. The national distinction aims to identify schools that exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs and at the highest administrative levels. RIT earned the distinction for the third consecutive year.

The three-mile Color Run ended with a color throw on April 22. Runners were tossed with colored powders along the course of the run, now in its seventh year. The race, sponsored by RIT Center for Residence Life, was founded as a way to raise awareness about resources for the LGBTQIA community on RIT’s campus and in the Rochester area.

Vicki Otis, left, a fifth-year sociology major from Salem, Mass., and Chris Brown, a fourth-year game design development student from Rosedale, N.J., support each other while walking in heels. Alpha Sigma Alpha hosted the annual Heel Violence walk on April 22. All proceeds will go to IGNITE, a group supported by United Way of Rochester, which provides free services to people who are deaf and hard of hearing and who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse.

Comedian Leslie Jones, a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live, was the featured entertainer for this year’s SpringFest.

Comedian Leslie Jones, a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live, was the featured entertainer for this year’s SpringFest.

Attendees of the PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture Conference April 20-22 toured the Image Permanence Institute within the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at RIT. IPI is an academic research laboratory, focused on research that informs the preservation of cultural heritage collections. Areas of expertise include the preservation of photographic materials and sustainable practices in preservation environmental management. More than 300 photography enthusiasts gathered for the first-ever PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture Conference to absorb scholarly presentations and panels.