Photo Spotlights

Chevelle Sleaford, a fifth-year student majoring in film and animation and psychology from Shepherd, Montana, harvests some zucchini in the Foodshare garden on campus. The soilless garden uses a sustainable mix of vermiculite, COIR (coconut husks) and compost. Most of the squash, beans, herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans, lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower plants were donated this year.

Graduate students share their experiences with students in RIT’s Research Experience for Undergraduate programs. Zachary Bittner, a PhD student in microsystems engineering, talks to the group about his research. The symposium, held on July 21, was sponsored by RIT’s CASTLE, or the Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning and Evaluation.

Deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students from all over the country are attending RIT/NTID’s Explore Your Future program to get hands-on exposure to possible future careers.

Sharitta Gross-Smith, assistant director of programmatic initiatives and student development for RIT’s Multicultural Center for Academic Success, was a featured speaker for the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship’s Career Development Day July 12. The event—for high school participants of the CUE’s Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (FBLE) 12-week summer program—included sessions on identifying a career path; networking; marketability; etiquette; and a “Dress for Success” business attire program presented by Macy’s. Information on RIT admissions and the Rochester City Scholars Program was also available to the students.

RIT faculty member Thomas Warfield performs during a press conference at the Little Theatre July 12, when more than 500 performances for the 2016 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, Sept. 15-24 in downtown Rochester were announced. More than 100 of the performances—including all involving RIT—will be free.

RIT students Bharat Jangir, left, and Anu Sharma meet with Dana Wolcott, lead innovation coach, during the Saunders Summer Start-up Program, an intense summer program aimed at assisting entrepreneurs and innovators in developing their business concepts to a point where they are ready to begin to seek angel investment. The program, hosted by Saunders College of Business and the Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship, includes instruction relevant to startups, such as developing business concepts, customer discovery, business formation, intellectual property and investment capital. Each team receives a stipend, mentoring and coaching, and work space. The program culminates with Investor Day, set for Aug. 10, where each team will pitch its business to a group of investors.

Electrical engineering graduate student Katie Shuttenberg instructs Cooper Eisenstat, an eighth-grader at Pittsford's Barker Road Middle School, during the RIT Kids on Campus’ Circuits and Gears class. The summer workshop, one of many being offered in July and August, provides instruction on circuitry, digital electronics and some basic coding.

Gannett Hall is undergoing changes inside and out. All the windows on the side facing the quad are being replaced. Inside, the second floor will house a 25 seat computer lab, a seminar room and a multimedia lab.

Jason Karol, president of RIT Anglers, does some fishing in a pond at RIT. The club is one of the only student clubs that meets regularly in the summer.

Associate Provost and Golisano Institute for Sustainability Director Nabil Nasr, left, met with Deputy Monroe County Executive Thomas VanStrydonck and Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo during a campus visit on June 28. Dinolfo and VanStrydonck toured the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, the Brinkman Lab in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering and the Battery Prototyping Center in Institute Hall.

“It’s Time: ExOut Extremism,” a social media campaign created by RIT students, took top prize in a global challenge conducted by the U.S. State Department aimed at finding ways to counter terrorist propaganda online. To reach the finals, held in Washington, D.C., on June 27, RIT outsmarted 56 university teams from around the globe. Team members presenting at the competition were, from left, Adriana Boveda-Lambie, assistant professor of marketing; Margaret Harrington ’16 (photographic sciences) from Tucson, Ariz.; Jessica Kellner ’16 (new media marketing) from Honeoye Falls, N.Y.; Olivia Hauck ’16 (advertising and public relations) from Irondequoit, N.Y.; Kate Sudar ’16 (illustration) from Cleveland, Ohio; and Kailun Jiang ’16 (marketing) from Beijing.

Mike Gulliver from the University of Bristol, England, presented at the 2016 International Conference in Deaf Geographies. More than 30 people participated in the conference, held June 27 and 28, including presenters from Europe. Hosted by the Field School in Deaf Geographies and Department of History in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, it is believed to be one of only two academic conferences related to Deaf Studies in the U.S. this year. The Field School allows students to engage in research using analytical and theoretical frameworks within human geography, social science research methods and American deaf history.