Photo Spotlights

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.

CJ Jones ’73, actor, director and writer, served as MC for the evening opening event. RIT/NTID kicked off the official start of their 50th Anniversary Reunion with an Opening Ceremony June 28, featuring presentations and entertainment.

Thousands of RIT/NTID alumni, family and friends arrived on campus June 28 as the 50th Anniversary Reunion begins. The event runs through July 1.