Photo Spotlights

Game design students Noah Ratcliff and Samantha Cammarata watched the solar eclipse with special Tiger glasses on the Greek lawn today. Telescopes with filters were set up and available for others to use.

RIT student Jovon McCullough, left, shows 13-year-old Eisaiah Montanez and other children from St. Phillip Missionary Baptist Church’s Academic Summer Camp program the Children’s Garden on First Street in Rochester. McCullough, a third-year public policy major from Rochester, is a student leader in the Field to Table program, part of RIT’s University/Community Partnership with the Marketview Heights Collaborative Action Project.

RIT students worked hard this summer during the Saunders Summer Startup entrepreneurship program, hosted by the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 11 teams presented their business ideas to a group of potential investors from the community at Investor Night, Aug. 9.

RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences alumni are exhibiting at Gallery r through Aug. 20. Nick Marshall and Cory Fitzgerald created “In Neutral” and Cecily Culver displayed a window installation “Interloper”.

Angela Krieg, a third-year illustration student from Hebron, N.Y., views a portion of “Arthur Singer, The Wildlife Art of an American Master” in the University Gallery. A reception is planned for 5–7 p.m. Sept. 8. A biography written by Arthur Singer’s sons Paul and Alan Singer is available from RIT Press.

Cristina Guzman-Moumtzis, a second-year student in biomedical engineering and cellular molecular biology from New York City, N.Y., explains her research to Steven Day, associate professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. RIT students from a variety of colleges and disciplines presented their research at the 26th annual Undergraduate Student Research Symposium on campus Aug. 4. More than 250 student projects were presented by students and their faculty mentors.

From left, Eric Mercovich, a sous chef at RIT, instructs high schoolers Jayna Walker, Sam Frank and Savannah Domenech in some cooking techniques in the Restaurant Management Experience class during RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program. The students had the opportunity to work in a commercial kitchen, learning kitchen safety, menu planning, nutrition and budgeting.

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.

At NTID’s TechBoyz camp, from left, Ethan Lippold, Gavin Laurore and Travin Nipper make a switch out of available materials—which can be something as simple as a clothespin. The camp caters to boys interested in careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

Peter Cetner, a 10th grader at Brighton High School, works at a digital audio workstation in the Electronic Dance Music Production class, one of the offerings in RIT’s Kids on Campus summer program. The in-depth workshop covers composing, editing, mixing, arranging and more.

As part of RIT’s partnership with Beijing Jiaotong University, 38 Chinese students majoring in Saunders College of Business management information systems are attending a summer program on campus. They are delving into American life while taking classes in English language and global business education. Saunders College lecturer Les Moore leads a class on “Improving ideas for innovation.” The BJTU students will participate in RIT‘s Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 4.

Douglas Merrill, professor of biomedical sciences, introduces students to the art of suturing during NTID’s Health Care Careers Exploration Camp. The camp offers students from all over the United States the opportunity to sample future careers in health care.