Photo Spotlights

Matthew Schmanke from Housing Operations, right, has his blood pressure checked by Wegmans pharmacist Beth Sutton Burke. RIT’s Better Me Wellness Program is offering free blood pressure tests at various locations on campus for the month of February, which is American Heart Month. The remaining dates and locations are noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 15 and 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Campus Center Bamboo Room.

Fourth-year film and animation students Alexis Cruz of Gloucester, Mass., left, and Ariel Evans of Rochester, N.Y., picked up their 2017 T-shirts at the Graduation Fair on Feb. 8. Graduating students marked 100 days before commencement by attending the annual Graduation Fair. The fair is intended as a one-stop opportunity to gather important information related to commencement weekend, May 19-20.

President Bill Destler and Rebecca Johnson spoke about “Lessons from the Journey” as part of the Agape Latte speaker series Feb. 7 in the SAU Fireside Lounge. The speaker series, sponsored by the RIT Newman Catholic Community, focuses on faith on college campuses. People of all faiths are welcome to attend.

Ron Ricotta ’79 (accounting) celebrates the dedication of the Ronald S. Ricotta Wrestling Locker Room on Feb. 6. The expanded and renovated wrestling room includes custom made lockers, new flooring, lighting, furniture, and audio/visual equipment made possible due to a generous donation to the program by Ricotta.

RIT’s College Activities Board hosted its annual Super Bowl party in the Gordon Field House on Feb. 5. The game was projected and captioned on a giant screen. The free event included pizzas, wings, prizes and giveaways. Shown here, RIT/NTID alumnus, Kriston Lee Pumphrey, signed the National Anthem and “America, the Beautiful” during the pre-game ceremony.

More than 110 girls visited RIT on Feb. 4 to learn about technology, engineering, computing and science at the Girls Soaring in STEM Fair. The annual event is hosted by RIT’s Women in Science, Women in Computing, Women in Technology and Women in Engineering groups.

Gallery r, RIT’s metro art space in downtown Rochester, N.Y., is featuring an exhibition of photographs by RIT Professor and Chair of the Photojournalism Program William Snyder. Picturing The Who includes photographs of the legendary band, ephemera and video. The show is on view through Feb. 25. with an artist talk at 5 p.m. on the closing day. On left, Snyder talks with local photographer Steve Piper.

President Bill Destler was guest coach Feb. 3 at the RIT women’s basketball game against Clarkson University. “I will do my best to support the team,” Destler said, “but I’ll also know when to stay out of the way and let the coaching staff and players do what they do best. Go Tigers!” The RIT team defeated Clarkson 78-66.

President Bill Destler was guest coach and sat alongside head coach Amy Reed, left, Feb. 3 at the RIT women’s basketball game against Clarkson University. “I will do my best to support the team,” Destler said, “but I’ll also know when to stay out of the way and let the coaching staff and players do what they do best. Go Tigers!” The RIT team defeated Clarkson 78-66.

Martin Dann, a first-year graduate student in material science from Parish, N.Y., works with battery prototyping equipment in RIT's Battery Prototyping Center. The state-of-the-art center opened two years ago to conduct research and works with companies on prototyping the next generation of rechargeable batteries.

Kate McIndoe, a second-year fine arts photography major from Walworth, N.Y., prepares to video Ana Ambrosio, an associate teacher at RIT's Margaret's House. Ambrosio is one of four current Margaret House employees who was there 20 years ago when the childcare center's doors opened. McIndoe expects to post a video about their anniversary in February.

Sarah Thayer, a second-year packaging science student from Syracuse, N.Y., learns about opportunities at Unilever from their packaging engineer Rob Cupples. Representatives from more than 25 companies were available to meet with students at the annual Packaging Science Career Fair on Feb. 1 in Louise Slaughter Hall.