Photo Spotlights

An exhibition celebrating the work of Jeannette Klute (1918-2009), a groundbreaking figure in color photography, will be on view from Oct. 5 until Nov. 3 in Willam Harris Gallery. Klute was a student at the Mechanics Institute, which was renamed Rochester Institute of Technology in 1944, before becoming a visual research photographer and lab supervisor at Eastman Kodak. Klute began taking photography classes at the Mechanics Institute in 1938, when the photography industry was dominated by men. A companion biography, Jeannette Klute: A Photographic Pioneer, details Klute’s life and work. Published by RIT Press, the biography was authored by School of Photographic Arts and Sciences administrative chair Therese Mulligan.

The breakthrough discovery of colliding neutron stars has changed the future of astrophysics, and RIT faculty and student researchers played a role in identifying and explaining the astronomical objects. Members of the RIT community gathered at RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation to hear the public announcement made by an international consortium and the National Science Foundation, streamed live on Oct. 16 from Washington, D.C. RIT’s integral contributions to the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) collaboration, from landmark research by professor Carlos Lousto, standing, and Manuela Campanelli, seated at right, have led to the university’s investment in the Frontiers in Gravitational Wave Astronomy signature research initiative.

The Brick City 5K Fun Run and Walk on Oct. 15 was one of the final events of Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, talks to a full Gordon Field House during RIT Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.

Students and parents gathered in the Bamboo Room to learn some basic sign language during RIT Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. A No Voice Zone was created to experience Deaf culture and learn some signs.

Dawn Hudson, NFL’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, shared some of her career strategies for brand success at Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series on Oct. 13.

Sir Dermot Turing, the nephew of Alan Turing—the mathematician, philosopher and computer scientist who was the subject of the film, The Imitation Game—gave a talk about his uncle’s life and achievements during RIT’s Brick City Weekend. The talk was part of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series and the College of Science Distinguished Lecture Series.

Social activist Janaya Khan spoke with students in the MOSAIC Center before her talk on Oct. 11. Khan, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter: Canada, gave a talk titled “Black Lives Matter: More Than a Hashtag,” in Ingle Auditorium.

Xinhao Yang, a graduate student in the metals and jewelry design program from China, modeled her creation at Fashion Week in Rochester. 20 SAC students modeled jewelry during RIT’s portion of the runway show, featuring the theme “jewelry in motion.” It marked the university’s most significant presence in the several years that the metals and jewelry design program has been involved In Fashion Week, which is The Center for Youth’s largest annual fundraiser. Nearly $700,000 was raised for the organization’s homeless youth shelters and crisis services.

Amanda White modeled a creation by Kibaek Sung, a graduate student in the metals and jewelry design program from South Korea, at Fashion Week in Rochester. 20 SAC students modeled jewelry during RIT’s portion of the runway show, featuring the theme “jewelry in motion.” It marked the university’s most significant presence in the several years that the metals and jewelry design program has been involved In Fashion Week, which is The Center for Youth’s largest annual fundraiser. Nearly $700,000 was raised for the organization’s homeless youth shelters and crisis services.

Nancy Munson, wife of RIT President David C. Munson Jr., modeled jewelry on the runway during the 8th Annual Fashion Week of Rochester on Oct. 12. She was wearing a piece designed by Leonard Urso, the Ann Mowris Mulligan Distinguished Professor in the School for American Crafts (SAC) within RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. In addition to Nancy Munson, 20 SAC students modeled self-designed jewelry during RIT’s portion of the runway show, featuring the theme “jewelry in motion.” It marked the university’s most significant presence in the several years that the metals and jewelry design program has been involved In Fashion Week, which is The Center for Youth’s largest annual fundraiser. Nearly $700,000 was raised for the organization’s homeless youth shelters and crisis services.

Saunders College of Business celebrated the decade-long support of its namesake, entrepreneur/philanthropist E. Philip Saunders, during a wall dedication ceremony that also highlighted the new state-of-the-art Business Analytics Lab and the REDCOM and Philip R. Tyler learning collaborative classrooms at RIT’s Lowenthal Hall. Saunders cited friends, family, faculty including Prof. Daniel Tessoni, alumni, and the vision of Dean Jacqueline Mozrall as being instrumental in raising the bar in business education—resulting in “worldwide recognition and high rankings for Saunders College.”