Photo Spotlights

Irondequoit native Thomas Bonadio thanked his family, friends and clients as he accepted the 2016 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award on Thursday at Oak Hill Country Club. The CEO and managing partner of The Bonadio Group opened the accounting firm with a business partner in 1978—and today the Rochester-based firm boasts 74 partners and more than 750 employees located in 10 offices. The Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award was created in 1984 and annually given to a successful individual who developed a business that improved the Rochester economy or whose innovative management skills have changed the course of an existing business.

Women of Color, Honor and Ambition (WOCHA) presented Dr. Carolyn Jacobs as the speaker for Motivational Mondays. The program highlights successful, diverse individuals from the community. Dr. Jacobs specializes in pediatrics at Rochester General Hospital.

Brick City Singers performed at its annual spring concert, Night of A Cappella, in Panara Theatre April 16. The group is one of RIT’s all-male a cappella groups.

Brick City Singers performed at its annual spring concert, Night of A Cappella, in Panara Theatre April 16. The group is one of RIT’s all-male a cappella groups.

Chi Nguyen, first-year astrophysical science and technology PhD student and Nicholas Burns, first-year biotechnology, helped clean up the community garden on April 16. Over the weekend, volunteers did general clearing and plot allocation as part of Earth Week.

Eric Avar ’90 (industrial design) signed a sneaker for Adam Horeth from Rochester during the Distinguished Alumni networking event Friday at The Wallace Center. Avar, vice president of design innovation at Nike, is the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. He is the creator of all designs within Kobe Bryant’s signature footwear line. Ten people were honored last week as part of this year’s class of Distinguished Alumni.

Intermedia artist Marc Tasman, a senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was among the speakers at the 2016 William A. Kern Conference in Visual Communication. The conference focused on using selfies, self-portraiture and social media.

Attractive Nuisance, the current exhibit at Gallery r, is on view through April 17. The work of six senior fine art students is featured.

Students, faculty and staff—including Thomas Sosa, a fourth-year electrical engineering student from Bronx, N.Y.—participated in the 16th PB Jam sponsored by RIT’s Center for Religious Life and Hillel. During the four-hour event, 2,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made and then delivered to local shelters. More than 100,000 sandwiches have been made at RIT PB Jams over 16 years.

RIT Senior Lecturer Dawn Carter talks with some interested students during the Learning Assistant Recruiting Fair held in Gosnell Hall on April 8. The Learning Assistant Program, housed in RIT’s College of Science, pairs students with faculty mentors to gain experience developing curriculum, a class or a series of recitation sections.

The Graduate Thesis Two exhibit is on view through April 17 in Bevier Gallery. It includes work by MFA students in the School of Art, the School of Design and the School for American Crafts.

The RIT Juggle-In included workshops and shows in Clark Gym April 8-10. In its 39th year, the event is one of the longest running juggling festivals in North America.