Photo Spotlights

Hossein Shahmohamad, chair of RIT’s Academic Senate, worked with an executive committee to engage faculty and give them a strong voice at RIT.

Evan Zachary, left, a fourth-year environmental sustainability, health and safety major from Pittsburgh, sorts lamps with Allison Blakeley, an environmental, health and safety management graduate student from Lancaster, N.Y., in preparation for the Goodbye, Goodbuy! sale scheduled for Aug. 16-20 in Clark Gym. The items are donated by students moving out at the end of spring semester and are sold to incoming students in the fall. The recycling and sustainability project is in its second year.

A combined 560 years of service was celebrated as 16 RIT/NTID faculty and staff members retired. Here, NTID Department of Liberal Studies faculty Pamela Kincheloe honors retirees Linda Rubel and Rose Marie Toscano.

France A. Córdova, left, director of the National Science Foundation, received an honorary degree from Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Jeremy Haefner, center, and Chair of RIT Board of Trustees Christine Whitman during RIT’s 131st Academic Convocation on May 20. Córdova delivered the commencement address.

RIT celebrated its 131st Academic Convocation on Friday in the Gordon Field House. RIT President Bill Destler conferred degrees on some 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students, including 23 doctorates. Diplomas will be distributed to graduates at separate ceremonies held by each of RIT’s nine colleges and two academic centers.

Erinn Molina, a second-year packaging science student from Hatfield, Pa., discusses her research on how working in groups improves grades with Bernadette Lanciaux, lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences, during a Center for Advancing Science/Mathematics Teaching Learning and Evaluation (CASTLE) symposium. CASTLE celebrated faculty and student research in improving STEM education at its third annual symposium on May 17. CASTLE, housed in the College of Science, encompasses several overlapping student-centered programs and discipline-based education research initiatives.

Seniors decorated their caps for graduation in the SAU Fireside Lounge on May 17 during Senior Week. Psychology major Zoie Alexander from Stamford, Conn., puts some finishing touches on her cap, thanking her parents. Lettering, glitter, glue and snacks were provided by RIT College Activities Board.

School for American Crafts students showcased their work during the annual Walkthrough on May 16. The school’s ceramics, glass, furniture design, metals and jewelry design studios were open to view work created by RIT students. Here, visitors tour the metals area.

School for American Crafts students showcased their work during the annual Walkthrough on May 16. The school’s ceramics, glass, furniture design, metals and jewelry design studios were open to view work created by RIT students. Here, visitors tour the ceramics area.

Professor Emeritus Dane R. Gordon addresses the crowd at a ceremony to dedicate a seminar room that now bears his name in Liberal Arts Hall. He taught philosophy at RIT from 1962 to 2000. Gordon has written two volumes on RIT’s history; books on poetry, philosophy and religion; and a poem for the dedication. At the Friday ceremony, it was announced that RIT Press will publish a limited edition hardcover book with many of his writings.

Leslie Kate Wright, associate professor in the Gosnell College of Science, is one of the recipients of the 2016 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.

Raj Murthy, associate professor in the Saunders College of Business, is one of the recipients of the 2016 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.