Photo Spotlights

Preschoolers at the Volunteers of America Children’s Center in Rochester are learning about shared family meal time based on curriculum developed by Barbara Lohse, head of the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition in RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology. Elizabeth Ruder, assistant professor in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition, pictured above on right, won an RIT boot-camp grant to introduce the program to 16 Volunteers of America Children’s Centers. Miranda Lloyd, above center, lead teacher at the Volunteers of America Children’s Center on Lake Avenue, incorporates lessons from NEEDs for Tots into her daily curriculum.

Interim Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Keith Jenkins spoke about his career path as part of the First Talk speaker series Nov. 1. He shared personal vignettes about key people who supported him along the way.

Karolina Baez, a first-year student in the School of Individualized Study from Dominican Republic, created a miniature painting at the Native American Heritage Month kick-off event Nov. 1. Traditional foods of Three Sisters Stew, a blend of corn, squash and beans, and corn bread were available to sample. Posters were displayed with information about modern Native Americans.

Communication student Jessa Wong, left, and biotechnology student Susan Tian prepared for Halloween at the glow-in-the-dark pumpkin painting event at the Halloween Blowout, sponsored by RIT Global Union and several other clubs. Halloween-themed activities, including tarot card readings, dancing, henna tattoos, food and mask painting, were held in the Campus Center on Oct. 29.

RIT/NTID Performing Arts presents DanceTales, dances presented in a variety of styles, including jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tap, modern dance, folk dance and ethnic and cultural dances, along with original visual projections and animations. The performances, directed by Nicole Hood and Thomas Warfield, are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27–29 and 2 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Robert F. Panara Theatre.

David Chauncey, left, vice president and general manager, Products, at Council Rock, an engineering services and consulting company that designs, integrates and installs wireless networks for electric and gas utilities, oil and gas companies and public safety agencies, speaks with David Rusin, CEO of Vakxel Corp., at the Venture Creations graduation ceremony Oct. 25. Three new companies—Splyce, TouchStream Solutions and Council Rock—were officially launched from the incubator and have already introduced 27 new jobs into the economy. Venture Creations provides services to incubating companies, facilitating the development and operation of these companies for the purpose of advancing the educational and research missions of RIT through the enhancement of faculty, student and staff involvement in high technology. Thirty-three companies have graduated from the incubator and together have created 466 jobs. For more on the graduating companies, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=57699.

AMPrint Center Director Denis Cormier, RIT’s Earl W. Brinkman Professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, spoke at the official opening of the new Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing (AMPrint) Center, one of New York state’s newest Centers for Advanced Technology, on Oct. 25. He was joined by RIT President Bill Destler, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and other RIT, industry and state officials. The center, located on RIT’s Henrietta campus, is among the first research labs in the world to focus on development of next-generation multi-functional 3D printing technologies, materials and devices.

Medical illustration students Mark McMonagle and Alyssa Philips draw Rosalie, a saker gyrfalcon, in Professor Alan Singer’s zoological and botanical art class. Two falcons and a barn owl, brought by the organization Wild Wings, were available for life drawing. Photographs were taken for detailed references. For the final product, each student creates a book cover featuring one of the birds. The class also goes onsite to the zoo, area parks and the Lamberton Conservatory.

Members of the RIT men’s soccer team gather in their new locker room before a recent practice as they prepare for the final stretch of the 2016 season. The Tigers host Hobart College on Oct. 29 in their final regular-season game of 2016.

RIT/NTID student Zainab Ajaz, right, meets with company representatives Jerry Henwood and Linda Haas from Global Connections to Employment Inc., with the assistance of interpreter Kat Womak, at the 16th annual NTID job fair on Oct. 19. Ajaz, a fifth-year project management major from St. Louis, joined hundreds of NTID students as they searched for co-op or full-time employment opportunities with the more than 50 companies who attended the fair, including Yahoo!, Baxter Health Care, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Dow Chemical Co., Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Harris Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Department of Defense, among others. NTID’s Center on Employment also recognized companies who consistently hire deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. This year’s honorees were Solar Turbines based in San Diego, and Ohio Health Corporation based in Columbus, Ohio. Interpreters were available at each table to assist students and recruiters, and in many cases, company recruiters were NTID alumni.

The Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty at RIT presented the First Annual Practical Politics Colloquium: How Politics Really Works: An Insider’s View, Oct. 20, in Ingle Auditorium. From left, Former Lt. Governor Bob Duffy, NYS Senator Rich Funke, former Rochester Mayor Tom Richards and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb comprised the panel. More than 200 Advanced Placement government and U.S. history students from high schools in Rochester and surrounding counties attended.

Denis Cormier, left, explains to doctoral students Pritam Poddar and Chaitanya Mahajan how different 3D items were printed. On the computer screen is a mock-up of an engine part, color coded to show areas of material weakness that could be stressed, allowing engineers to design reinforcements before manufacturing. RIT will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the AMPrint Center at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, on the fourth floor of RIT’s Institute Hall. The ceremony is part of the NYSTAR Partner Conference, which RIT is hosting Oct. 25 and 26.