Photo Spotlights

The American University in Kosovo Foundation signed an agreement this month to officially name the Kosovo campus RIT Kosovo. From left, RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner, left, RIT Kosovo Academic Senate Chair Mimoza Mustafa, RIT President Bill Destler, RIT Kosovo Vice President for Academic Affairs Daniel Cosentino, and RIT Kosovo Public Policy faculty Dr. Robert Muharremi. International colleagues from Croatia, Dubai and Kosovo visited Rochester last week for the first Global Governance Forum.

Walk The Moon performed April 30 in the Gene Polisseni Center. The concert highlighted the SpringFest weekend.

SpringFest included a Puppyfest tent with dogs from the Joyful Rescues animal shelter. Zhen Humenn, a first-year criminal justice and political science student, gave this pup a hug.

The RIT Jazz Ensemble and RIT Jazz Lab Ensemble performed a joint concert featuring music styles from composers George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Victor Lopez, Thad Jones, Count Basie and Gordon Goodwin.

RIT College Activities Board has a lineup of events for SpringFest 2016. The weekend kicked off with a barbecue outside of the Student Alumni Union on Thursday night. The schedule of events can be found at rit.edu/studentaffairs/cab/springfest.

David Hu of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Ig Nobel prizewinner visited RIT today. Hu presented a talk on his research and a workshop on science communication. The workshop was limited to 25 people who brought information from their research to work with.

Visitors from Sweden's Malmo University are at RIT this week for academic presentations, labinars and tours. On left, Anton Tibblin, information architecture program leader at Malmo University, participated in a speed networking activity with Esa Rantanen, RIT associate professor in the department of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts.

Associate Professor Dan Larkin leads a photography critique during his black and white photography class for non-majors. The elective course involves processing and printing black and white film from various assignments.

RIT President Bill Destler, left, Amy and Bob Tait, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and CUE Interim Director Ebony Miller celebrate the grand opening of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship today in downtown Rochester. The center, known as CUE, is located in the RIT Downtown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in the heart of the city’s downtown innovation zone and is working to help reshape the regional economy and build wealth within the urban community by being the hub for urban entrepreneurial programs and research. The building, constructed in 1927 and now on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, was donated to RIT in 2012 by Rochester Historic Ventures, which is comprised of members of the Leenhouts, Tait, and Tones families, along with members of the Broadstone Real Estate management team.

Jordan Harvey as Spider-Man traveled from Oswego, N.Y., to attend Tora-Con 2016 on April 23. More than 2,500 anime enthusiasts attended the two-day event, which featured discussion panels, celebrity appearances, a concert, live action performances and countless costumed characters. The 12th annual event was put on by RIT’s Student Anime Club.

Third-year environmental science student Laura Denlinger from Suffern, N.Y. assisted during the 17th annual electronic recycling day April 21. The Student Environmental Action League (SEAL) organized the event and has recycled over 250 tons of electronics to date.

Charles Hull, left, the co-founder and chief technology officer of 3D Systems and widely considered the “father of 3D printing,” receives the Melbert B. Cary Jr. Award from RIT President Bill Destler during an April 21 dinner inside the University Gallery. Hull toured 3D printing and research centers with RIT faculty and students earlier in the day. The prestigious award—named in honor of Melbert B. Cary Jr., whose lifelong love and support of the graphic arts inspired others—is presented to those who have distinguished themselves in the advancement of technology in graphic communications and related industries.