Photo Spotlights

Actress-singer Jackie Cruz, star of the popular Netflix hit series Orange is the New Black, is the featured speaker during Hispanic Heritage Month at RIT. Cruz met with filmmaking students before her talk on Oct. 15. The event is sponsored by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Campus Life.

The RIT African Percussion Ensemble had a practice session by the Tiger Statue recently. The group is directed by Professor Carl Atkins, from the Department of Performing Arts and Visual Culture in the College of Liberal Arts.

Father Patrick Conroy spoke as part of the “What Matters to Me and Why” series in the Skalny Room of the Schmitt Interfaith Center as well as about “Faith in America: Integrating Faith and Politics” in the Allen Chapel on Oct. 13. Conroy serves as the 60th chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sarah Griffith, left, assistant director for clubs and community outreach, explains Commuter Spirit Week to students during a preview event. The Center for Campus Life sponsors a week full of activities, giveaways, food, and demonstrations from Oct. 19-23.

RIT/NTID alumnus and deaf rapper Sean Forbes and his band rocked a packed Panara Theatre on Oct. 9 for a concert featuring sign language and spoken English.

Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 4-10 and focuses on safety and ways to reduce fires. RIT's Safety Day featured a live burn demonstration on Oct. 3 in S Lot. The Henrietta Fire Department educated students about cooking and fire safety with a burning mock kitchen. The event was sponsored by RIT’s Finance & Administration and Student Affairs.

RIT students from a variety of disciplines came together Oct. 3-4 for the IdeaLab, sponsored by The Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Student groups worked to create solutions to real-world access technology challenges and presented their outcomes to sponsors including Al Sigl Community of Agencies.

RIT Dining Services hosted a farm-to-table event for students on Oct. 1. A farmers market took place outside of Grace Watson Hall, featuring local vendors’ fresh fruit and vegetables and a live calf onsite. The meal at Gracie’s utilized some local ingredients produced within 100 miles of campus. The farm-to-table movement endorses eating healthy, local foods that support local economies.

The 31st RIT Big Shot illuminated iconic Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, on Oct. 3. More than 1,800 volunteers provided the primary light source for a 30-second exposure at f11, ISO 100.

RIT held a grand-opening celebration on Oct. 2 for the Clinical Health Sciences Center, part of the College of Health Sciences and Technology. The building houses the college’s clinical programs, headquarters for the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition and a physician office, Rochester Regional Health Family Medicine. Pictured here, left to right, Dr. Eric Bieber, Rochester Regional Health President and CEO, Rep. Louise Slaughter, Bill Destler, RIT president, Dr. Dan Ornt, RIT vice president and dean of the Institute and College of Health Sciences and Technology, and Vivian Nguyen, 5th year physician assistant BS/MS student.

The Clinical Health Sciences Center in the College of Health Sciences and Technology is home to the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition and the behavioral health, diagnostic medical sonography (ultrasound) and physician assistant programs. Rochester Regional Health will open a physician office in the 45,000-square-foot facility on Oct. 19.

ROAR Day, the official launch of the 2015-2016 Fund for RIT annual giving campaign, was held today across campus. Lily Cisco, a second-year student in the College of Science from Livonia, N.Y., and treasurer for the RIT Swing Dance Club, collected 26 donations from the club to hand in.