Photo Spotlights

Students observed an experiment with a candle oscillator during a lab demonstration in the College of Science. Undergraduate students from across the country gathered at RIT this week to take part in the Workshop on Excitable Systems supported by the National Science Foundation. Led by Elizabeth Cherry, the workshop gave students an opportunity to learn about excitable and oscillatory systems from theoretical, experimental, and computational perspectives.

From left, Rosa Rossi from Berkeley, CA; Erin Haus from Long Valley, N.J.; and Hannah Barnhart from Annapolis, MD observe a saline oscillator with blue dye during a lab demonstration in the College of Science. Undergraduate students from across the country gathered at RIT this week to take part in the Workshop on Excitable Systems supported by the National Science Foundation. Led by Elizabeth Cherry, the workshop gave students an opportunity to learn about excitable and oscillatory systems from theoretical, experimental, and computational perspectives.

Participants in the third annual University Writing Program’s “Kick-start Writing Retreat” took a yoga exercise break before resuming writing sessions. The retreat, held Jan. 3-4 in Wallace Library, is a program offered to support faculty to become more confident writers. It’s sponsored by University Writing Program and Faculty Career Development in Innovative Learning Institute.

Participants in the third annual University Writing Program’s “Kick-start Writing Retreat” took a yoga exercise break before resuming writing sessions. The retreat, held Jan. 3-4 in Wallace Library, is a program offered to support faculty to become more confident writers. It’s sponsored by University Writing Program and Faculty Career Development in Innovative Learning Institute.

Katherine Huang, a 10th grader at Pittsford Mendon High School, presents her business plan at the DECA competition. Hundreds of high school students came to RIT Dec. 20 for the New York State Region 10 DECA Competition, hosted by Saunders College of Business. DECA students presented their business plans to local business leaders who served as the competition’s judges. A variety of subjects were at the center of each business plan including accounting applications, business finance, marketing management and retail merchandising. Competition winners advanced to the New York State DECA International Career Development Conference which will be held in April 2019.

The 13th annual RIT Tiger Tracks Train Show and Sale, hosted by the RIT Model Railroad Club, was held Dec. 8-9 in the Gordon Field House. Model train enthusiasts visited dozens of vendors and saw several train layout displays during Rochester’s largest toy train event and the primary fundraiser for the club.

Fourth-year web and mobile computing student Brendon Strowe writes on the chalk wall in Wallace Library. The chalk wall is a community forum for creative expression and encouraging words and sentiments.

RIT City Art Space, the College of Art and Design’s new first-floor gallery and community event venue inside Sibley Square at Liberty Pole Plaza in downtown Rochester, opens its doors to the public Dec. 7, with an exhibition featuring two of the university’s creative titans. The gallery will present the work of RIT professors and lifelong artists Willie Osterman and Leonard Urso in a joint exhibition, titled “Emergence,” through Jan. 20, 2019. An opening reception, part of the monthly First Friday art series in downtown Rochester, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Osterman and Urso will be in attendance.

Olivia Kim, adjunct faculty in RIT’s College of Art and Design, spoke about the 13 statues of Frederick Douglass she created. She was part of a panel discussion, "American Diversity & Frederick Douglass: Lessons from the Prophet of Freedom."

Author David Blight, left, and Frederick Douglass descendant Kenneth Morris Jr. discuss Douglass in a panel discussion, “American Diversity & Frederick Douglass: Lessons from the Prophet of Freedom.”

Elizabeth Goins, left, assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts, taught a workshop on VR storytelling during the 2018 Frameless Labs Symposium. Michelle Finn, historical researcher at the Rochester Public Library and deputy historian for the City of Rochester, was one of the participants. The symposium featured the latest technology and projects in virtual, augmented, mixed and extended realities, drawing experts from around the country to RIT. Hosted by RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, the symposium focused on media use in optics, storytelling, health and in museum exhibitions.

Deaf and hearing actors and dancers from RIT/NTID Performing Arts and RIT’s College of Liberal Arts perform Cabaret in American Sign Language and spoken English Nov. 30-Dec. 2 in Panara Theatre. The award-winning musical is set in pre-World War II Germany during the rise of the Nazi regime. Tickets can be purchased at www.rittickets.com.