Photo Spotlights

The Charles Arnold Lecture Series presented photographer Eugene Richards March 18. Richards is also a writer and documentary filmmaker who has authored 17 books, the most recent being War is Personal, a documentation in words and pictures of the human consequences of the Iraq war. Here, Richards signed his book for student Brittainy Newman.

RIT President Bill Destler was among those attending the grand opening on March 18 of Studio X, the newest broadcast area for WITR radio. The studio was christened with “Ask Destler,” the first show to originate from the studio immediately after the celebration events.

Harshita Sood, an environmental services graduate student from Kolkata, India, helped start the RIT FoodShare Program. Part of the program includes the RIT FoodShare Center, which is expected to open April 13 at the Residence Life Riverknoll office at 113 Kimball Drive. The free items will be available for students who may be having trouble paying for food.

Bob Duffy ’93 (multidisciplinary studies), president and CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance and former lieutenant governor, delivers remarks inside RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability auditorium on March 17. As part of the Spring 2015 ArchiTALKS Guest Lecture Series sponsored by the Master of Architecture program, Duffy spoke about upcoming opportunities related to economic development in the Rochester area. The lecture is in conjunction with the GIS program’s Urban and Regional Planning course.

The second cohort of graduates of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship at Saunders College of Business are six local entrepreneurs who have spent the last six months in a customized training program to grow their business. CUE Interim Director Carlos Carballada and CUE Program Manager Ebony Miller (to his right) presented participants with RIT certificates during the ceremony.

Students in RIT’s math club, PiRIT, celebrated Pi Day 2015 on March 13 with a pie baking contest. The campus community was encouraged to help select the winner. The club also calculated a mathematical derivation of pi and hosted a competition for the person who most accurately recited the digits of pi.

Saunders College of Business hosted the 6th annual Power Your Potential Women’s Leadership Conference on March 13 with keynote speaker Kathleen Buse, an RIT alumna from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. Buse is the founder and CEO of Advancing Women in STEM, and currently works at Case Western Reserve University.

Saunders College of Business hosted the 6th annual Power Your Potential Women’s Leadership Conference on March 13 with keynote speaker Kathleen Buse, an RIT alumna from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. Buse is the founder and CEO of Advancing Women in STEM and currently works at Case Western Reserve University.

The impact of drug-resistant “superbugs” on public health was the topic of a program held at RIT on March 12 and hosted by RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology, Rochester Regional Health System and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter. Here, Slaughter and Jeff Lodge, associate professor in the Thomas Gosnell School of Life Sciences in RIT’s College of Science, chat at the reception.

Fourth-year journalism students Will Hirsh and Joan McDonough participated in a pie-throwing fundraiser for Encore. The all-female a cappella group is having their annual concert, Bellacappella, on March 14 at 8 p.m. in Webb Auditorium.

The RIT women’s hockey team advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time as a Division I opponent. The RIT community held a celebratory send-off with the Pep Band, RITchie, speakers and cake. Goalie Ali Binnington is seen here hoisting the College Hockey America championship trophy. The team will play at top-seed University of Minnesota on March 14 in the National Quarterfinals at 5 p.m.

RIT’s 2015 United Way campaign kicked off March 11 with the Heroes in Action and Auction event. Activities included games, celebrity ice cream scoopers and a prize auction. Here, Willy Davis, right, plays Batcave Skeeball with Demelash Alemu, both from Facilities Management Services. Daniel Stafford, left, assistant dean for academic services in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, looks on. Pledges can be made online at rit.edu/unitedway.