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March 7, 2018
Student Spotlight: Learning at a2ru student summit
Meet Emily Kordovich, a fourth-year film and animation and advertising photography double major who attended the a2ru student summit, which provides a unique weekend-long collaborative experience with discussion panels, speakers and networking opportunities. -
February 28, 2018
Book highlights trailblazing photographer Hiller
Sutures and Spirits: The Photographic Illustrations of Lejaren à Hiller, written by RIT Professor Doug Manchee and published by RIT Press, highlights Hiller, one of the first people to use photographic illustrations in an American advertising industry dominated by text and line drawings. -
February 24, 2018
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February 24, 2018
After learning medical photography at RIT, alumna builds on unforgettable experience
She walks into the operating room and grips not a scalpel, but a camera. Lynne Tseng is one of the 100-plus RIT students to have taken the one-of-a-kind Surgical Photography class.
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February 22, 2018
Kodak print conference to feature College of Art and Design keynote speaker, project
Frank Romano, world-renowned printing expert and RIT professor emeritus is the scheduled keynote speaker at Eastman Kodak Company's first-ever “Taking Print Further,” a two-day event revolving around today’s print market trends and the future of the industry. Additionally, a photobook produced by RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences professor and visual media chair Frank Cost’s Aerial Photography course will be distributed.
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February 16, 2018
RIT teams with community to shine light on famous local statue
RIT's Big Shot photography team partnered with the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemoration Committee to create a unique photo of the Frederick Douglass monument in Rochester’s Highland Park using the Big Shot’s “painting with light” technique.
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February 15, 2018
Venture Creations graduate receives major investment
Token, an identity technology start-up founded by RIT alumni Melanie and Steve Shapiro, will receive up to $1.75 million through the New York State Innovation Venture Capital Fund. -
February 10, 2018
Controlled Trauma photography exhibit takes you inside the operating room
The role of photography in the digital era has transformed medical photography and profoundly influenced medical education. RIT's Gallery r hosted an exhibition featuring photographs from the operating rooms at Rochester General Hospital (RGH) that were taken by students enrolled in RIT's Surgical Photography course throughout its existence.
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February 7, 2018
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February 7, 2018
Rochester Prep visits RIT for crash course in film photography
RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences hosted a group of Rochester Prep High School students. Fifteen students in the local charter school’s photography club learned about darkroom processes and producing high-quality photo prints.
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February 2, 2018
Image Permanence Institute receives major grants
RIT's Image Permanence Institute has received $544,198 in grants from the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities to support two major education and research initiatives. -
January 26, 2018
3D ceramic printing on the rise
Last February, the ceramics program in RIT's School for American Crafts hosted Bryan Czibesz for a three-day workshop during which students and College of Imaging Arts and Sciences faculty worked with the visiting artist to create a 3D printer from scratch.