Photo Spotlights

Tyler Paine from Ithaca, N.Y., attended Tora-Con 2017 April 22-23. Anime enthusiasts attended the two-day event, which featured discussion panels, celebrity appearances, a concert, live action performances and countless costumed characters. The 13th annual event was put on by RIT’s Student Anime Club.

Clifford Wun, associate professor in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, is one of the recipients of the 2017 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Richard Cliver, associate professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology, is one of the recipients of the 2017 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Ana Sorensen, a second-year industrial design student from Davis, Calif., demonstrates a transfer lift that will improve accessibility for skiers with impaired leg movement during the fourth Effective Access Technology Conference on April 21. The event, which showcased the work, research and development by students and faculty to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide variety of challenges, featured more than 30 exhibits and 20 poster presentations, panel discussions and a keynote address by Dr. Geoffrey Ling, former assistant director for medical innovation for the Obama administration and an expert in researching and developing technology for war-wounded veterans.

Lynn Fuller, professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, is one of the recipients of the 2017 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award encourages the professional growth and development of RIT faculty and specifically recognizes those members of the academic body who contribute most to enhance student learning. Full-time faculty with seven years or more of full-time teaching experince are eligible for this award.

Assistant professor of political science Benjamin Banta received the 2017 Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The honor is given to faculty who have taught three years or less and who foster excellence in teaching and leadership in the campus community.

Aaron Mair, the first black president of the Sierra Club, spoke about his activism in the environmental justice movement as part of Earth Week at RIT April 20. His goal is to make the Sierra Club “a more welcoming environment to all people, regardless of their race or socioeconomic status.”

Aaron Mair, the first black president of the Sierra Club, spoke about his activism in the environmental justice movement as part of Earth Week at RIT April 20. His goal is to make the Sierra Club “a more welcoming environment to all people, regardless of their race or socioeconomic status.”

From left, Nicole DeVito, a fourth-year hospitality student from Syracuse, N.Y.; Sam Snyder, a second-year computer science student from Lawrenceville, N.J.; and Amanda Dillman, a third-year hospitality student from from Rochester, N.Y., assembled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at the annual PB Jam event. Over 100 volunteers participated in the 17th PB Jam, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Religious Life and Hillel. The sandwiches were donated to various organizations for the needy in Rochester.

Melanie Morris, a second-year environmental science student from Boston, unloaded old electronics that were dropped off to be recycled or refurbished as part of the 18th annual Electronics Recycling Day on April 18, hosted by the Student Environmental Action League (SEAL).

Students walk into the Student Alumni Union on a recent spring day. Austin Quinlan, center, a fifth-year film and animation student from Marcellus, N.Y., is graduating this May.

RIT students, faculty and staff celebrated President Bill Destler and his spouse, Rebecca Johnson, with a Tiger Walk on April 14. Afterwards, a reception in the Student Alumni Union featured games, food, giveaways and entertainment. Destler is retiring at the end of June.