Photo Spotlights

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.

“The Luminous Print: An Appreciation of Photogravure” is on view in the showcases of RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection. The exhibition, organized and curated by David Pankow (on right), is drawn from the extensive graphic arts holdings at RIT and features a stunning selection of books and portfolios illustrated with hand-pulled photogravures, as well as landmark photo books with illustrations in rotogravure. Jon Goodman, left, a master photogravurist, made the photogravures for all of the portfolios. An opening reception was included in the PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture Conference program April 20-22. More than 300 photography enthusiasts gathered for the first-ever PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture Conference to absorb scholarly presentations and panels.

Independent critic and historian A. D. Coleman, left, presented “Deconstructing Robert Capa’s D-Day: The Unmaking of a Myth” at the PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture Conference April 20-22. More than 300 photography enthusiasts gathered for the first-ever PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture Conference to absorb scholarly presentations and panels. The three-day international conference on photography was sponsored by RIT Press, the scholarly book publishing enterprise at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The conference featured presentations by leading photography scholars from universities across the United States to the University of New South Wales in Australia, as well as talks by experts from prestigious institutions including the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives and Records Administration and the National Geographic Society.

A video game release party was held on April 20 for Super Daryl Deluxe, created by RIT alumni Dan Plate ’16, left, and Gary Porter ’15. The game was released April 10 on Playstation 4, Switch and Steam for PC. Dan and Gary Games was created in 2012 when they were students and they currently are in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator.

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.

RIT celebrated research at the annual PI Reception, honoring a host of faculty, including 10 new inductees in the PI Millionaires Club.

Eight Beat Measure, RIT’s original all-male a cappella group, performed a 30th anniversary concert in the Gene Polisseni Center.