Photo Spotlights

Olivia Kim, adjunct faculty in RIT’s College of Art and Design, speaks at a July 19 news conference announcing the start of the installation of 13 monuments of Frederick Douglass that she created. Kim designed the sculptures of Douglass for a Rochester, N.Y. community art venture that’s part of the Re-energizing the Legacy of Frederick Douglass project. The recognition and reflection marking the living legacy of the man and freedom-seeker marks two hundred years after the birth of arguably the most celebrated African American statesman, whose years in Rochester resulted in some of his most influential life’s work. The sculptures, fiberglass monuments molded from an original Kim sculpture, will make up a self-guided tour to sites around Rochester that were significant to Douglass’ life and work. The first will be installed at Hochstein, the site of Douglass’ funeral.

85 high school students from around the country are on campus this week as part of NTID’s career exploration program, Explore Your Future. The long-established EYF summer program for deaf and hard-of-hearing high school juniors and seniors allows students hands-on experience in a variety of areas and gives them a sample of college life.

From left, Daniella Thompson and Sophia Lanzalaco gave a summary of the day’s events for a video during the media crew class. The class, one of the offerings in the RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program, produced, edited and posted a video each day.

Spencer Thompson, a seventh-grader at Bay Trail Middle School, Penfield, N.Y., at a sound workstation for a video. RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program offered a class on sound design for video games, taught by instructor Ryan Gaynor ’15 SOIS.

Sachin Rajathadri ’17 (electrical engineering), works on a generator at InverSOL. InverSOL, a Venture creations client company founded by Saunders College graduate David Rodriguez, will soon launch its line of lower-cost, low maintenance solar generators to residents of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

From left, Emily Bellinger, an adjunct professor in the College of Art and Design, demonstrates tie-dying to Maya Carrara, who is visiting Rochester this summer from Bergamo, Italy. The textile arts workshop, one of the offerings in RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program, included tie-dying, making photograms on fabric and using natural dyes made from vegetables and fruits.

The building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios is taking shape. The program is a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education and will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.

Seated, from left, James J. DeCaro, D. Robert Frisina, Robert Davila and standing, from left, T. Alan Hurwitz, Gerard J. Buckley. Past and present RIT/NTID Presidents gathered for a photo during the RIT/NTID 50th Anniversary Reunion.

Hip-hop artist Sean Forbes ’08 performed during the RIT/NTID 50th Anniversary Reunion. The Reunion ran June 28-July 1, featuring presentations and entertainment.

Dack Virnig ’11, an ASL storyteller, performed at the RIT/NTID 50th Anniversary Reunion. The Reunion runs June 28-July 1, featuring presentations and entertainment.

RIT/NTID alumni gathered for group photos for each of the 50 years during their 50th Anniversary Reunion. The Reunion runs June 28-July 1, featuring presentations and entertainment.

RIT/NTID kicked off the official start of their 50th Anniversary Reunion with an Opening Ceremony June 28, featuring presentations and entertainment.