Photo Spotlights

Nineteen students experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s Steps to Success weekend summer camp. The camp is for deaf or hard-of-hearing African-American, Native American or Latino students entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in Fall 2011, and who are interested in exploring careers in technology.

Twelve boys experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s TechBoyz Camp, a weeklong summer camp for deaf or hard-of-hearing boys entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade this fall who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math.

Twenty-two girls experienced college life in RIT residence halls and attended RIT/NTID’s TechGirlz Camp, a week-long summer camp for deaf or hard-of-hearing girls entering 7th, 8th or 9th grade in fall 2011 who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math.

The Dyer Arts Center at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf is hosting the exhibit “Stephanie Kirschen Cole, A Tribute in Celebration of Her Life and Art,” with a reception 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 5. Stephanie Kirschen Cole, painter and collagist, was a professor in RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Science until her recent passing at the end of May. She had been planning for this solo exhibit for more than a year. It now has been installed to celebrate her life and runs through Aug. 12.

More than 200 deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students attended RIT/NTID’s Explore Your Future, a six-day career awareness program in July. They experienced college life and got a taste of real-world careers in business, computing, engineering, science and art.

Renowned designers Massimo Vignelli, left, and George Lois, second from right, hosted a master designer’s workshop in July in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies. Participants from all over the country were part of a hands-on weeklong workshop working with the pioneers. Lois’ iconic Esquire covers that he designed for the magazine from 1962 to 1972 are on exhibit in the University Gallery, adjacent to the Vignelli Center.

Kayjona Rogers, left, and Carina Scalice, from Penfield, practice using the pipette during the DNA Detectives camp, July 25-29, offered as part of RIT’s Center for Bioscience Education and Technology bioscience exploration summer program. Twelve students from area middle schools learned about their personal genetics and how DNA is used to solve crimes. Dina Newman, assistant professor in biological sciences, presented the campers with a mystery involving RIT’s mascot RITchie, which they had to unravel using DNA clues.

More than 100 RIT graduate students presented their research at the third annual Graduate Research Symposium on July 22. Nicole Varble, a mechanical engineering student, explained her research on methods to increase flow in a fistula used for dialysis.

High school students from California to Maryland attended a five-day workshop on photojournalism July 18-22. Led by William Snyder, chair of RIT’s photojournalism program, the week included lectures, shooting assignments and demonstrations and culminated with a book of students’ photographs.

RIT professor Grover Swartzlander, left, shared his expertise in optical vortices with graduate students and other young scientists during the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Frontiers in Imaging Science in June at Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogatá Colombia. Standing with Swartzlander are Matt Risi, alumnus; Ross Robinson, graduate student in imaging science; Meridith Whitaker-Kupinski, alumna; David Saroff, doctoral student in the astrophysical sciences and technology program; and Alexandra Artusio Glimpse and Kenny Fourspring, graduate students in imaging science. Swartzlander is an associate professor in RIT’s Department of Physics and the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.

RIT’s student chapter of the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts won for best overall publication at this year’s international competition held in Pittsburgh. RIT competed against universities from the United States and Canada. Part of the book’s design included a foldout, removable cover featuring a timeline of the history of graphic arts. The students chose a printed spine, that looked like ribbon. Students developed a variable data workflow to personalize each spine with the last name of the person who was to receive a book copy. The book’s content included technical papers written by School of Print Media students and faculty.

While the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flew overhead, several of the Navy’s flag officers and enlisted personnel stopped by RIT to visit with middle school girls in the WE@RIT World in Motion camp to talk about how STEM programs can be preparation for naval careers. Featured at the camp event was Rear Admiral Gretchen Herbert, assistant chief of naval operations, who shared some of her experiences as she first looked into the Navy as a career choice while attending West Irondequoit High School. Since being commissioned in 1984, Admiral Herbert has served as a combat systems officer and assistant chief of staff for communications and information systems and has been deployed in the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf with several carrier strike groups.