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RIT President David Munson presented one of the keynote addresses Sept. 12 during the first-ever Light and Sound Interactive event, a three-day conference, expo and career fair focused on light- and sound-based technologies and their applications.

RIT held its annual 9/11 Vigil at the Sentinel in front of the SAU on Monday, Sept. 11. This is the sixth year the Arnold Air Society—a professional and honorary service organization comprised of ROTC cadets from regional officer candidate training and university ROTC programs—coordinated the event with support from RIT’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 538.

Artur Leal Teixeira De Melo, a first-year international global studies student from Brazil, attended the annual 9/11 commemoration. RIT held its annual 9/11 Vigil at the Sentinel in front of the SAU on Monday, Sept. 11. This is the sixth year the Arnold Air Society—a professional and honorary service organization comprised of ROTC cadets from regional officer candidate training and university ROTC programs—coordinated the event with support from RIT’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 538.

RIT has been awarded $1 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Initiative to increase diversity and inclusivity among undergraduate science majors. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Initiative is a five-year science education grant to develop future scientists reflecting the nation’s diversity. RIT is one of 24 institutions selected to develop strategies for expanding access to science education to all students. These initiatives will serve as national models for other institutions.

This year’s faculty show showcases recent work by faculty members from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences through Sept. 30. Hosted by both the Bevier Gallery and the William Harris Gallery, this annual event features the work of filmmakers, designers, photographers, craftspeople, painters, sculptors, printmakers and illustrators. Shown here is the Bevier Gallery.

Members of the RIT women’s soccer team congratulate Elena Wolfe (20) after her goal in the Tigers 3-0 win over Allegheny College to open the season at the Rachel Miller Memorial Classic on Sept. 1. The team also defeated Oneonta State, 2-1 on Sept. 2.

The RIT/NTID Student Life Team’s annual Apple Festival celebrates the beginning of the academic year and welcomes first-year and returning students back to campus. The festival is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to eat all things apple, enjoy entertainment and games, make friends, and learn how to get involved in a variety of clubs and organizations on campus. This year’s 20th festival on Sept. 1 was held in the D. Robert Frisina Quad.

RIT School of Design faculty Nancy Bernardo and Mitch Goldstein are exhibiting at Gallery r through Sept. 24. “Material Interruption” can be viewed Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. at Gallery r, RIT’s downtown art space at 100 College Avenue.

RIT’s 12th Lighting the Way Ceremony, sponsored by the Center for Women & Gender, is a welcoming event for female freshmen and transfer students. All women students, faculty and staff of RIT are welcomed to join the walk to show that women are welcomed and a valued part of the RIT community.

Freshmen, transfer, graduate and returning students walk the quarter mile as the fall semester begins. 2,800 first-year students, 560 transfer students and 1,000 students beginning graduate study are new to RIT this fall.

RIT Athletics held its annual all-athlete meeting on Aug. 27 at the Gordon Field House to kick off the 2017-18 season. Executive Director of Athletics Lou Spiotti, along with special guest speaker Scott MacNair ’93, former men’s hockey standout and president of Stryker Canada, spoke to all 675 RIT student-athletes. On Sept. 1, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball play in their first contests of the season.

Daniel Greenebaum, a graduate assistant at the RIT Q Center, greeted students at the Rainbow Welcome Picnic on August 27.