Photo Spotlights

From left, Michael Owens ’17, Daniel Vasta ’18, Meg Oliphant ’17, Brittainy Newman ’18 and Joey Ressler ’18 attended the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop last weekend. Five RIT photojournalism students were among the 100 selected from around the world for the intense four-day workshop in Jeffersonville, N.Y., the most from any university represented. The Eddie Adams Workshop, named after the late Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, celebrated 30 years of gathering leading professionals and promising students for a series of speakers, shooting assignments and portfolio reviews. And 30 years of celebrating the power of photography.

RIT Professor Luvon Sheppard teaches a watercolor painting class to graduate students in the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences. Sheppard was a member of the first Master of Science for Teachers (MST) program in 1970 at RIT.

Natasha Shorrock, center, a second-year psychology major from Mattapoisett, Mass., painted hockey pucks with Megan Gryboski, a second-year software engineering student from Lebanon, Pa., at the Trucks & Pucks event on Oct. 7. The RIT College Activities Board hosted a pre-hockey game event to celebrate the first game of the season. There were hockey-related activities and meals from food trucks for attendees.

Tim Torres, a fifth-year new media design student from Hershey, Pa., scheduled an oral exam at the SMILEmobile. RIT students now can get oral care on campus with regular visits from the SMILEmobile from the Eastman Institute for Oral Care. A variety of services are available, including x-rays, exams, cleanings, fillings and extractions. This is particularly useful for international students who are so far from home.

Tim Torres, a fifth-year new media design student from Hershey, Pa., scheduled an oral exam with Bonnie McDermott, a dental hygienist at the SMILEmobile. RIT students now can get oral care on campus with regular visits from the SMILEmobile from the Eastman Institute for Oral Care. A variety of services are available, including x-rays, exams, cleanings, fillings and extractions. This is particularly useful for international students who are so far from home.

NTID students learn traditional Chinese writing at a presentation by three visiting students as part of a recent educational partnership between China and RIT. The students’ presentation centered around improving the lives of deaf people in China through science and technology.

Erin Cherry, left, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student from Franklin, Mass., met with Honda recruiter Lindsay Rippingale at the Fall 2017 Career Fair. Nearly 250 employing organizations and hundreds of recruiter representatives seeking RIT students and graduates are attending the event today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gordon Field House. More than 4,000 students were expected.

ROAR Day kicked-off with a first-time coffee boost event at 9:30 a.m. today, Oct. 3, in the SAU Fireside Lounge. ROAR Day is a 24-hour window during which students, faculty and staff are encouraged to give back to their favorite area of RIT. Booths will open at 11 a.m. at campus locations. For more information or to donate online, go to rit.edu/~w-giving/ROAR/

RIT researchers celebrated the worldwide recognition of gravitational wave astrophysics and the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded on Oct. 3 to pioneer scientists Rainer Weiss from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Kip Thorne and Barry Barish from Caltech. Scientists in RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation shared insights with RIT community about the research behind the prize and, their own role in gravitational wave astrophysics. Carlos Lousto, co-director of the center, speaks at the podium, alongside Ph.D. students in the astrophysical sciences and technology program, left to right, Jake Lange, Brennan Ireland and Daniel Wysocki.

RIT’s School for American Crafts and RIT Women’s Council held its annual Glass Pumpkin Patch fundraiser Sept. 30. Over 800 glass pumpkins were sold with many buyers returning each year. Proceeds from the sale benefited the Visiting Artists Series for the RIT glass program as well as RIT Women’s Council scholarships.

RIT President David Munson receives the presidential collar of authority during the inauguration of Munson as RIT’s 10th president on Sept. 28.

RIT alumni, who are making significant impacts on the world, shared their insights on the importance of creativity and innovation to their successes during an interactive symposium Sept. 27. The symposium, which was part of the inauguration events for RIT’s 10th president David Munson, featured, from left, Christopher Edwards ’97 (film and animation), Renato Libric ’03 (hotel and resort management), William Snyder ’81 (photography), and Patricia Moore ’74 (industrial design).