Photo Spotlights

The Women in Engineering program celebrated Kate Gleason’s 152nd birthday, in the atrium of RIT’s engineering college named after her, Nov. 17. WE@RIT will also be celebrating a milestone in 2018 as the program begins its 15th year providing academic, social, professional and networking opportunities for young women aspiring to be engineers. In 2017, in the engineering college, 25 percent (172) of its 688 first-year students are women. The national average for women graduating from undergraduate engineering programs across the country is slightly more than 20 percent, according to the American Association of Engineering Education. At RIT, the college has surpassed that, graduating nearly 24 percent female students in the 2016-2017 academic year.

An exhibition featuring students from the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences is on view at Gallery r through Nov. 19. “Forces at Work” can be viewed Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. at Gallery r, RIT’s downtown art space at 100 College Avenue.

As part of Native American Heritage Month, T. Jane Doctor, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Wolf Clan and assistant director of NTID Tribal Education, presented “Just Passing Through: A conversation with NTID’s T. Jane Doctor” Nov. 15. Doctor also is a senior mechanical technician in NTID’s Engineering Studies Department. The final event for the month is a talk by photographer Matika Wilbur at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the University Gallery inside Booth Hall.

Electrical engineering undergraduate, Jonathan Alexis, sat down with producers of the NBC-TV show, American Ninja Warrior, recently after spending the day being filmed with classmates on campus and at different RIT spots such as The Tiger and Sentinel. Alexis, a Season 9 competitor and finalist, is part of a mid-season, team competition which is scheduled to air in February. The video, about his return to college and how the show impacted his life, will be shown during the programming to promote the competition and its participants. Alexis, who is nicknamed “The Giant” on the show, stands 6 feet, 6 inches tall. He returned to RIT this past fall to resume classes after a break while he competed in Seasons 7 and 9.

From left, veterans who served in the Korean War Loyd Kilbury, Richard Kern and Roger Hill salute during RIT’s Veterans Day ceremony. Hundreds attend RIT’s Veterans Day Breakfast to pay tribute to individuals who serve or who have served honorably in uniform.

Roberto Bertoia, center, associate professor at Cornell, has taught sculpture and drawing for 30 years. “Confluence,” an exhibit of Roberto Bertoia’s art, is on view through Dec. 22 in University Gallery.

RIT hockey fans show their support at a recent game in the Gene Polisseni Center. The RIT Men’s Hockey team is hosting Robert Morris University Friday and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. Friday is Star Wars Night with a meet and greet of your favorite characters pregame. Saturday is Hometown Heroes Night and all active duty and retired military members and first responders will receive one free ticket to the game.

Nishit Savla, a second-year graduate student in game design from Mumbai, received a haircut from William Hood of Epik Hair Studio at the Men's Health Fair on Nov. 9 in the SAU Fireside Lounge. The event kicked off Movember, men's health awareness month. Representatives offered information about health, samples, games and free haircuts.

Joe Williams, lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice, delivered remarks during a luncheon celebrating first-generation college students. The talk and luncheon, hosted by the Division of Diversity & Inclusion, commemorated the 52nd Anniversary of the Higher Education Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965.

NTID Performing Arts presents The Story of Beauty and the Beast, a dance and music adaptation conceived, directed and choreographed by Thomas Warfield and co-directed and choreographed by Nicole Hood Cruz. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9-11 and 2 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Robert F. Panara Theatre.

Kelly Frost, right, a high school student from Cazenovia, N.Y., shows her drawings to Katie Gross, from Parsons School of Design. RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences hosted National Portfolio Day Nov. 5 in the Gene Pollisseni Center. Over 30 colleges participated with representatives to view portfolios, answer questions and discuss programs and careers in art.

Luke Smeltzer, a second-year marketing major from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a member of the men’s lacrosse team, reads to first graders at School No. 5 during the annual Giant Read event. RIT Libraries staff and RIT student-athletes visited the school for the 10th annual Giant Read to serve as role models and help students get excited about reading. The staff and students read the book Amazing Tigers to nearly 65 first graders. At the end, each student received a book to help encourage further reading.