Photo Spotlights

From left, Mato Frankovic ’03 (hotel and resort management), mayor of Dubrovnik, Croatia, visited RIT’s Henrietta campus to learn about the region’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem. He was joined by Don Hudspeth (president and dean, RIT Croatia) and Marko Potrebica (president, Dubrovnik City Council). Elizabeth DeBartolo, director of multidisciplinary design for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Senior Design, showed the group from Croatia several senior design projects. They also toured the Construct, the Simone Center for Research and Entrepreneurship and the AMPrint Center and met with senior leadership from RIT and the New York Wine & Culinary Center.

On February 28 and March 1, AdvanceRIT brought University of Michigan’s CRLT Players to the RIT campus for Cuts: Responding to Student Concerns, a two-session series that invited RIT faculty, staff and students to think together about the many forces that can shape campus climate, both positively and negatively. Built around a series of vignettes that explore students’ experiences of marginalization, each session offers a space where participants can practice engaging in difficult conversations about and across differences in identity while also reflecting on their personal responsibilities to cultivate inclusive and equitable spaces within and outside of the classroom.

Left, Kimberly Hedger, a fourth-year computer engineering technology student from Middletown, Conn., and Casey Lipscomb, a first-year mechanical engineering student from North Sutton, N.H., brave the cold to collect donations for a homeless shelter. Members of RIT’s Alpha Phi Omega are living in cardboard boxes this week near the Tiger statue to raise awareness about the homeless, and to raise money for Dimitri House in Rochester, which is a homeless shelter. They hope to raise $1,500 and are accepting clothing and non-perishables to donate.

Using humor to explore issues such as diversity, audism and working together, RIT/NTID Performing Arts presents AGENCY by Raymond Luczak and directed by Luane Davis-Haggerty March 1-4 in Panara Theatre. Tickets are on sale now at https://rittickets.com or call 585-475-4121.

The Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design R. Roger Remington gave a presentation about Lester Beall’s life and work. An exhibit of Beall’s master drawings is on view in the University Gallery through March 9. The RIT Press publication authored by R.Roger Remington: Lester Beall - Space, Time, and Content is available here: http://bit.ly/2sEF3lN

Students and faculty participated in a Move78 Deep Learning workshop on Feb. 23, learning more about trends in deep learning, image segmentation and applications of artificial intelligence. The event was part of a training collaboration between RIT, the IEEE Signal Processing Society and NVIDIA. Presenting at the workshop were Ray Ptucha (standing), assistant professor of computer engineering and NVIDIA Deep Learing Institute trainer, and Felipe Petroski Such (’17), Uber AI Labs research scientist and computer engineering alumnus.

Four prominent professionals in the unmanned aircraft systems industry discussed the latest in drone technology, policies and growth of the industry during Engineers Week programming. (Left to right) Marke Gibson, president and chief executive officer, NUAIR, the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (Major General, retired, United States Air Force); Capt. Arion Mangio, Rome Research Laboratory, United States Air Force; Cherrie Monnier, aviation safety technician, Federal Aviation Administration; and Robert Lacourse, aviation safety inspector, spoke to an audience of more than 75 students, faculty and staff and later participated in demonstrations of different types of drone systems.

Construction continues on the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios. 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.

RIT’s Chinese program celebrates the Year of the Dog with a Lunar New Year Celebration. Among the highlights was a lion dance, performed by members of the Shaolin Academy; demonstrations of Kung-Fu and Chinese calligraphy; and other dances from student groups.

Left, Michael Ray, a third-year game design and development student from New York, N.Y., talks with Michael Cohen, a 2017 alumnus in game design and development from Brooklyn, N.Y., at the five year celebration at RIT’s MAGIC (Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity) Center. The fifth anniversary gathering featured cake, giveaways and a look at what the future holds for MAGIC and MAGIC Spell Studios.

Rob Mejia, center, a fourth-year industrial engineering student from Holliston, Mass., and Kristy Figueroa, a first-year psychology major from Rochester, N.Y., received information about volunteering from Veronica Wilson. Wilson represented Champion Academy, an organization that mentors area youth. Nearly 30 Rochester agencies had representatives to talk to about volunteer opportunities at the Community Service Fair on Feb. 14.

“Wandering in Deep Deep Dreams,” an exhibit of art by Dongyi Wu ’15, is on view through Feb. 18 at Gallery r. The exhibit includes sculpture, wearable designs and installations. Wu has a master’s degree in metals and jewelry design from RIT.