Photo Spotlights

From left, Killiaun Blatche, a first-year computing exploration student from Syracuse, N.Y., Ian Strszeck, a first- year computing security student from Rochester, N.Y., and Hannah Chew, a first-year computing exploration student from Ellicottville, N.Y., participated in the assembly of meals for the Hunger Project. RIT students prepared over 20,000 meals for the community during the Giving Tuesday Hunger Project in the Gordon Field House. The project was coordinated by the Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement. 2,000 of the meals will be donated to RIT’s FoodShare program and the remaining over 18,000 will be donated to Foodlink in Rochester.

RIT Artist-in-Residence Wendell Castle is celebrated with an exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery through Dec. 31, 2017. “Wendell Castle Remastered” features nearly 40 works, including early examples of his stack-lamination technique, mold-form fiberglass, bronze sculptural forms and new work using his state-of-the-art robot. Castle is shown on the screen in the background, from a film about the artist that plays continuously.

RIT Artist-in-Residence Wendell Castle is celebrated with an exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery through Dec. 31, 2017. “Wendell Castle Remastered” features nearly 40 works, including early examples of his stack-lamination technique, mold-form fiberglass, bronze sculptural forms and new work using his state-of-the-art robot. Castle is shown on the screen in the background, from a film about the artist that plays continuously.

The annual Tiger Tank entrepreneurship competition was held Nov. 16. Winners were Omni-Temp who presented their business idea for regulating the temperature of a car’s interior. Pictured from left to right, are Evan Pace, Andrew Pfeil and Mark Batorski. The winners also received full scholarships for the Saunders College of Business graduate programs and $2,000. The event is sponsored by the Saunders College of Business and hosted by the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Renowned comic artist Adam Kubert '81 (medical illustration) spoke with students about his career path. He viewed work by students, including designs by Sally Boniecki, a second-year illustration student from Red Bank, N.J. RIT's School of Individualized Study hosted a talk with Kubert at University Gallery. Kubert began his career in comics at the age of 12, lettering for DC Comics. He is best known for his work at Marvel and has drawn X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Spider Man, Superman, Ghost Rider and most notably, Wolverine. He is currently illustrating one of Marvel's flagship titles: Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, and he teaches narrative art at The Kubert School in Dover, N.J. Adam is the son of the late cartoonist Joe Kubert, who founded the technical school in 1976.

The RIT Asian Deaf Club performed during Global Union’s annual “Unification” on Nov. 18. Unification 2017 highlighted the cultural experiences and ethnic diversity found on the RIT campus.

The Women in Engineering program celebrated Kate Gleason’s 152nd birthday, in the atrium of RIT’s engineering college named after her, Nov. 17. WE@RIT will also be celebrating a milestone in 2018 as the program begins its 15th year providing academic, social, professional and networking opportunities for young women aspiring to be engineers. In 2017, in the engineering college, 25 percent (172) of its 688 first-year students are women. The national average for women graduating from undergraduate engineering programs across the country is slightly more than 20 percent, according to the American Association of Engineering Education. At RIT, the college has surpassed that, graduating nearly 24 percent female students in the 2016-2017 academic year.

An exhibition featuring students from the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences is on view at Gallery r through Nov. 19. “Forces at Work” can be viewed Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. at Gallery r, RIT’s downtown art space at 100 College Avenue.

As part of Native American Heritage Month, T. Jane Doctor, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Wolf Clan and assistant director of NTID Tribal Education, presented “Just Passing Through: A conversation with NTID’s T. Jane Doctor” Nov. 15. Doctor also is a senior mechanical technician in NTID’s Engineering Studies Department. The final event for the month is a talk by photographer Matika Wilbur at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the University Gallery inside Booth Hall.

Electrical engineering undergraduate, Jonathan Alexis, sat down with producers of the NBC-TV show, American Ninja Warrior, recently after spending the day being filmed with classmates on campus and at different RIT spots such as The Tiger and Sentinel. Alexis, a Season 9 competitor and finalist, is part of a mid-season, team competition which is scheduled to air in February. The video, about his return to college and how the show impacted his life, will be shown during the programming to promote the competition and its participants. Alexis, who is nicknamed “The Giant” on the show, stands 6 feet, 6 inches tall. He returned to RIT this past fall to resume classes after a break while he competed in Seasons 7 and 9.

From left, veterans who served in the Korean War Loyd Kilbury, Richard Kern and Roger Hill salute during RIT’s Veterans Day ceremony. Hundreds attend RIT’s Veterans Day Breakfast to pay tribute to individuals who serve or who have served honorably in uniform.

Roberto Bertoia, center, associate professor at Cornell, has taught sculpture and drawing for 30 years. “Confluence,” an exhibit of Roberto Bertoia’s art, is on view through Dec. 22 in University Gallery.