Photo Spotlights

The Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement had its final event for the semester, offering an Eat Greek food truck lunch, giveaways, and information.

Better Me Wellness and Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences hosted Earth Day Yoga on April 22.

RIT’s Title IX Office celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Title IX law, passed in 1972 for gender equity in federally funded education programs. 

The 2022 Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship recognizes RIT’s outstanding faculty, staff, and students for their excellence in innovation, teaching, and developing the next generation of leaders. The celebration took place April 12 in Ingle Auditorium. Click through to see photos of the honorees.

Spirituality and Religious Life presented Spring, Succulents, and Spirit in the Fireside Lounge as part of SpringFest. Here, first-year graphic design student Jaden Graham decorates a clay pot for a succulent plant.

RIT celebrated graduate students during Graduate Education Week and Showcase, April 4-8. Here, Alex Jarus, a graduate student in furniture design, with “Intangible Relic.”

Cary Graphic Arts Collection and RIT Hillel sponsored a presentation and demonstration of letterpress printmaking in Hebrew April 6. Associate Curator Amelia Fontanel offered details on the process.

RIT President David Munson welcomed everyone to the 2022 Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards. The awards are made possible by gifts from Al Davis, RIT vice president emeritus. The 2022 Alfred L. Davis Public Service Award winners received an award commemorating their outstanding record of service at a ceremony on April 5.

The Restaurant and Event Management spring 2022 class is taking over the RIT Catering Pop Ups this semester. Ted Ganster, hospitality and tourism management visiting lecturer, and Autumn Geer, RIT Dining director of event operations—catering and concessions, team teach the class.

Rick Kittles, an RIT Distinguished Alumnus and Board of Trustees member, delivered the talk, "The Role of Diversity in Critical Thinking,” on March 23. Kittles, who researches prostate cancer and genetics in African Americans, was the College of Science and Fram Distinguished Speaker.

Tora-Con, a convention celebrating anime and cosplay, took place on campus March 19. The annual event is run by students from the RIT Anime Club.

RIT/NTID student Dakota Halliburton gets an up close visit with a butterfly in The Strong Museum’s Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden as part of the first “Deaf Day of Play.” The event was in partnership with the museum and RIT/NTID.