News
Christye Sisson
-
March 18, 2024
What to do (and what not to do) when you photograph the eclipse over Rochester
WXXI News talks to Christye Sisson, school director and Gannett Chair in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about photography rules.
-
June 6, 2023
Students leverage creativity to give back to Rochester community
RIT students created artworks to benefit Keeping Our Promise, a local nonprofit that provides resettlement assistance for Afghan, Iraqi and Kurdish interpreters and support personnel who served U.S. interests in conflicts and warzones.
-
March 25, 2022
College of Art and Design celebrates alumnus Chance Wright’s transformational gift
RIT’s College of Art and Design hosted a dedication ceremony on Friday marking the recent completion of a “transformational” renovation of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences and honoring the alumnus whose gift made it possible. The event honored Chance Wright ’18, ’19 and his mother, Pamela Mars Wright, whose $3.5 million gift fueled the renovation and reconfiguration of the third floor of Gannett Hall.
-
January 31, 2022
Updates meet growing photo demands
The extensive renovation of RIT’s College of Art and Design—with keen focuses on key areas within the internationally recognized School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS) and School of Film and Animation—made significant strides in 2021.
-
November 17, 2021
Medical photography is failing patients with darker skin
The Verge talks to Christye Sisson, professor and school director, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about how light interacts with different skin tones.
-
September 7, 2021
New leadership roles, faculty hires highlight changes in College of Art and Design
RIT's Schools of Art, American Crafts, Film and Animation, and Photographic Arts and Sciences are all under new leadership.
-
June 11, 2021
RIT professor has patent pending for color test target from U.S. Patent Office
After a decade of research, Christye Sisson, director and professor of photographic sciences, has a patent pending for the creation of a color test target using representative retinal colors designed for use in a model eye for fundus camera calibration.
-
February 26, 2020
POSTPONED: RIT’s nighttime community photo project focuses on women’s rights icon
Rochester, N.Y.’s notable histories as the birthplace of the women’s rights movement and photography will come together for RIT’s Big Shot next month. Organizers of the longtime community photographic project will capture a dramatic nighttime image of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, 17 Madison St., and surrounding neighborhood on March 22.
-
January 28, 2020
Graduate student’s research in identifying image manipulation can help lead to media literacy
Print media graduate student Emily Shriver headed a project to assess how individuals recognize manipulated images used in news. She found that most people are skeptical about images seen in print or online news, but only half can tell which images actually are altered.
-
October 11, 2019
Do fake images need to look convincing to be convincing?
The Marketplace Tech podcast features Christye Sisson, associate professor of photographic sciences.
-
September 9, 2019
I create manipulated images and videos – but quality may not matter much
Guest essay by Christye Sisson, associate professor of photographic sciences, published by The Conversation.
-
February 21, 2019
Podcast: Protecting us from Fake News
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 9: In the digital age, how can you be so sure that the photo, video or audio being shared on social media hasn’t somehow been altered or manipulated? Associate professor of photography Christye Sisson and motion picture science undergraduate student Owen Thompson discuss media forensics and its role in protecting us all from fake news.