Photo Spotlights

The RIT Photojournalism Class of 2019 capstone videos will be shown 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14, at the MAGIC Spell Studios Theater. An artists’ talk with the students will follow the screening.

Students skate during the Chocolate on Ice event at the Gene Polisseni Center. Chocolate on Ice is a collaborative event including the Center for Residence Life, NTID’s Student Life Team, and many campus partners who support by actively tabling and providing chocolate treats.

Aimee Spisak, a new media design major from Corning, N.Y., left, and Mariel Pridmore, a bioinformatics major from Fair Lawn, N.J., skate together during the Chocolate on Ice event at the Gene Polisseni Center. Chocolate on Ice is a collaborative event including the Center for Residence Life, NTID’s Student Life Team, and many campus partners who support by actively tabling and providing chocolate treats.

Asian Deaf Club celebrated Chinese New Year, the Year of the Pig, with a Lion Dance performance, calligraphy, and Wadaiko Japanese drumming.

Anna Riley, center, a Brooklyn-based visiting artist, views materials housed in the Cary Graphic Arts Collection with students in the glass program while exploring research within studio practice.

Students from the packaging science program met with prospective employers to discuss trends in the field as well as co-op and career options.

RIT President David Munson and his wife Nancy spoke to students during a Fireside Chat Tuesday afternoon on various topics ranging from student housing to sustainability.

Comics artist Jackie Davis discussed her webcomic Underpants and Overbites in the University Gallery. More than 50 students attended the informal talk about her webcomic that depicts quirky scenarios from her own life. She described her process as beginning with an ink hand drawing, followed by watercolor painting before scanning the final comic to post to the internet. The talk was supported by the College of Art and Design and the School of Individualized Study.

U.S. Rep. Joseph Morelle, left, visited RIT’s Venture Creations business technology incubator Feb. 1 to learn more about BlackBox Biometrics and The Blast Gauge ® System that was developed in the lab of RIT’s Bausch and Lomb Professor of Microsystems Engineering David Borkholder in 2011. BlackBox Biometrics commercializes sensor technologies that capture, measure and analyze data from individuals’ exposure to blast events. The Department of Defense has purchased The Blast Gauge ® System to provide data from blast events during military training exercises or in combat, and the company has also sold their product to law enforcement agencies and numerous international militaries. Through their work, Borkholder and his team, including systems engineer Stephen Cool, pictured here demonstrating the sensors for Rep. Morelle, hope to reduce blast exposures and eventually help play a role in preventing neurodegenerative diseases, perpetual concussion symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. BlackBox Biometrics graduated from RIT’s business incubator in 2014.

Saturday Night Live cast member Mikey Day performed at the Gordon Field House as part of RIT’s FreezeFest activities Feb. 2.

Snowboarder John Owens, a third-year mechanical engineering student from Denville, N.J., catches air during the FreezeFest Rail Jam. Part of RIT’s FreezeFest, the RIT Freestyle Snowboard Team hosted a competitive ski and snowboard event. Contestants were judged on their tricks down a pre-built course on the hill near the Red Barn.

The 10th annual FreezeFest kicked-off with activities in the Student Alumni Union, including a candy bar, caricature artist and a snow globe booth.