Photo Spotlights

  • January 11, 2023

    two students hanging artwork on a white wall. 5
    student unrolling a poster with a line figure of a woman.
    two students hanging a poster on a wall.
    student working at a table with a level, tape measure, pushpins and box of markers.
    two students standing back looking at artwork hanging on a large white wall.

    A new exhibit curated by Circle Cole, foreground, a fifth-year School of Individualized Study major, opened in RIT’s University Gallery on Jan. 9. The exhibit, titled “The Art of Medicine - Pharmaceutical Graphic Design from the RIT Archives,” is the first exhibit hosted in the University Gallery that was solely curated by an RIT student.

  • December 5, 2022

    two men signing an orange steel beam. 6
    students signing an orange steel beam.
    students signing an orange steel beam.
    man speaking at a podium.
    glass plaque reads RIT Saunders College of Business.
    two people standing to the side as a person speaks at a podium.

    During a Dec. 5 ceremony at Saunders College of Business, RIT President David Munson, left, joined college namesake E. Philip Saunders and RIT community members in signing the steel beam that will support the 36,000-square-foot expansion and renovation of Lowenthal Hall. The expansion and renovation would not have been possible without Phil Saunders and other generous donors whose collective gifts are part of the Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness, RIT’s $1 billion fundraising effort that has currently raised more than $960 million to date.

  • December 5, 2022

    two students petting a medium-size dog. 7
    group of students pets a golden retriever.
    student pets a golden doodle dog.
    group of students sitting in a circle on the floor petting a golden doodle dog.
    two students petting a bullmastiff dog.
    two students petting a bullmastiff dog.
    students petting a yellow lab dog.

    Zoe Zeller, right, a second-year diagnostic medical sonography major from Webster, N.Y., and her roommate, Sara Munoz, left, a second-year psychology major also from Webster, pet Kacey during Bow Wow Wellness on Wednesday in the Fireside Lounge. The event is aimed to help students de-stress near finals.

  • December 1, 2022

    students playing steel drums. 4
    student wearing traditional African clothing playing a drum.
    student playing a steel drum.
    students playing steel drums and other percussion instruments.

    Members of percussion groups, including the Steelband Ensemble, pictured, gave their Fall Concerts on Tuesday afternoon in the Fireside Lounge. RIT’s Percussion Ensemble and the West African Percussion Ensemble, which featured members of the community as well as RIT students who drummed and danced, also performed.

  • November 29, 2022

    four people wearing hard hats walking in a building under construction. 6
    people walking along the hall of a building under construction.
    person wearing a hard hat taking a photo with a phone.
    group of board of trustees gathered for a photo.
    view from inside a building under construction looking outside.
    construction crane inside a building under construction.

    Members of the RIT Board of Trustees and President Munson recently took a walking tour of the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED). The multi-use complex will showcase RIT’s technology, the arts, and design. The $120 million complex, on schedule to open in fall 2023, is the largest construction undertaking on campus since it originally opened in 1968. Here, John Moore, associate vice president of Facilities Management, left, leads a tour of the SHED, which included RIT President David Munson, and Hope Drummond and Kim VanGelder, university trustees.

  • November 15, 2022

    volunteers in an assembly line to fill bags with dry ingredients. 4
    two volunteers in an assembly line filling bags with dry ingredients.
    boxes labeled US Hunger stacked in a pyramid.
    large group of people assembled for a photo throwing their orange hairnets into the air.

    Kareem Hayes, center, assistant director for RIT’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, explains to students how they should prepare 20,000 packaged pasta meals for the annual Hunger Project. About 2,000 of the packaged meals will be donated to RIT’s FoodShare, with the remaining to benefit the Greater Rochester community through FoodLink.

  • November 14, 2022

    museum visitors looking at a display of bumper stickers. 5
    two people standing next to each other in an art gallery.
    two people looking at a display of political buttons and bumper stickers from the 1960s.
    person looking at artwork on a wall in a gallery.
    person looking at artwork on a wall in a gallery.

    A new exhibit is up in RIT’s University Gallery: “A Trip to 1967: Selections from the William C. Miles Archive.” The exhibit, curated by Hannah Riley ’22 (museum studies) and Maya Miles, William Miles’ daughter, features a mix of posters and buttons that tell the story of the counterculture of the 1960s.

  • November 11, 2022

    A crowd of people saluting including a person with a sweatshirt that says ARMY. 1

    Hundreds of active military personnel, veterans, and their families and friends attended RIT's annual Veteran's Day Breakfast Friday in the Gordon Field House.

  • October 28, 2022

    line of students picking candy out of buckets along a table. 5
    table lined with buckets and packets of candy.
    student writing on a tablecloth on table.
    two students posing for a photo with a tiger mascot.
    two students looking at a smartphone and laughing.

    RIT community members participated in the 17th annual ROAR (Raise Our Annual Responses) Day on Thursday. The event included a photo booth, Halloween treats, gratitude cards to sign, photos with Ritchie, and other prizes and giveaways. ROAR Day is an opportunity for people to show their support for the areas of the university they love most.

  • October 24, 2022

    woman delivering a presentation on a stage in front of a screen. 1

    Mary-Frances Winters, a diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice consultant and one of RIT’s earliest Minett Professors, delivered the closing keynote address at the inaugural Together RIT: Day of Understanding, Solidarity, and Racial Reconciliation on Oct. 21. The event brought hundreds of RIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni together to engage in intentional and honest dialogue about race, ethnicity, and racism.

  • October 19, 2022

    student explaining a poster presentation. 1

    Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) personnel were on campus Tuesday to learn about cybersecurity, imaging science, and virtual and augmented reality. Here, Katelynn Fleming, a microsystems engineering Ph.D. student, explains her research to Karen Roth, chief engineer at the AFRL Rome Research Site.

  • October 14, 2022

    overhead view of models getting ready at fashion show. 8
    person wearing white outfit on stage.
    person wearing art piece that looks like elephant ears and trunk.
    person in a fashion show.
    person wearing circular structure around her shoulders.
    person wearing a large, round hat and orange poncho outfit on a stage.
    professor talking to students at fashion show.
    group of fashion models posing for photo.

    On Thursday, Oct. 13, students from RIT’s College of Art and Design showcased their designs at Fashion Week Rochester.