Photo Spotlights

At NTID’s TechGirlz camp, Jacqueline Williams, Emma Hancock and Kayla Peoples have a “MacGyver” moment as they work with information and computing studies instructor, Brian Trager, to make a switch out of available materials—which can be something as simple as a clothespin. The camp caters to girls interested in careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

John Palermo, a fourth-year game design and development student from Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., seated, receives feedback on his game, ColorCoded, from experts at local game studio Second Avenue Learning. Pictured, standing from left to right, are Victoria VanVoorhis, CEO and founder of Second Avenue Learning; Brian Regan, lead game producer; and Bob Jeffrey, lead artist. ColorCoded, which was co-designed by RIT student Robert Bailey, is one of four summer projects in the third annual MAGIC Summer Co-Up program.

RIT jointly hosted a two-day international workshop on Urban Data Science with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Ali Raza, left, associate professor of network and system administration at RIT Dubai, met briefly with keynote speaker Ted Farnsworth, CEO and founder of RedZone, who discussed “Innovative Technology as a Mitigating Factor for Crime and Terrorism in Urban Areas.” The workshop, sponsored by RIT Global and the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, drew in more than 40 international experts in data science, social sciences, cloud and distributed computing, urban sustainability, public policy and software engineering.

Mariena Schneider from Canandaigua Middle School performs a blood test with Maricruz Vazquez of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics during the SMASH Experience for Girls. Forty middle-school girls learned how math and science are part of everyday life—and jobs those skills can lead to—during the Summer Math Applications in Science with Hands-on Experience for Girls, held at RIT July 17-21. The SMASH corporate fair presented concrete examples of math and science in the workplace, such as blood testing and pulmonary function demos.

Eighth-graders, from left, Jaydah Reese, Sarah Kotz, Angela Bauschard and Angelina Fallone took turns doing a pulmonary function test at the SMASH Experience for Girls. Forty middle-school girls learned how math and science are part of everyday life—and jobs those skills can lead to—during the Summer Math Applications in Science with Hands-on Experience for Girls held at RIT, July 17-21. The SMASH corporate fair presented concrete examples of math and science in the workplace, such as blood testing and pulmonary function demos.

The SMASH Experience for Girls puts math in context to real life and real jobs. Forty middle-school girls learned how math and science are part of everyday life—and jobs those skills can lead to—during the Summer Math Applications in Science with Hands-on Experience for Girls held at RIT, July 17-21. The SMASH corporate fair presented concrete examples of math and science in the workplace, such as blood testing and pulmonary function demos.

RIT faculty members Christine Kray, Hinda Mandell and Tamar Carroll, who are writing a book, “Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Historical Reflections on the 2016 Presidential Election,” spoke at a sold-out luncheon in Pittsford during VoteTilla, celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Voices and Votes in New York State, organized by the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House.

Mark Powell of Easton, Pa., left, a teacher at Easton Area High School, and Andy Spencer of Rochester, a teacher at Caledonia-Mumford High School, worked on an engineering project to design and build a 15-marble sorter in a class offered by Project Lead the Way at RIT. PLTW provides training for high school teachers across the country in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines and the opportunity to earn undergraduate credits.

Faculty researchers, from left, Ivan Puchades, Reginald Rogers and Brian Landi are working with corporate and government partners, to develop nanocarbon-based wires that could replace traditional copper wiring for equipment—from cars to maritime applications—and positively impact the longevity and durability of today’s electronic devices. The team recently received funding through the U.S. Department of Energy for this breakthrough work.

Scotia Snyder, a freshman at Nichols High School in Buffalo, N.Y., built a bridge with coffee stirrers and duct tape in an interactive class in RIT’s civil engineering technology department. Students from the Seneca Nation visited RIT for Native American Outreach Day on July 14. The students toured the campus and learned about fields such as packaging science, hospitality and engineering technology through hands-on activities. The event was made possible by a collaboration between RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program and the College of Applied Science and Technology.

Gretchen Wainwright, senior lecturer and program chair for RIT’s civil engineering technology department, assisted Scotia Snyder, a freshman at Nichols High School in Buffalo, N.Y., with a project to build a bridge with coffee stirrers and duct tape. Students from the Seneca Nation visited RIT for Native American Outreach Day on July 14. The students toured the campus and learned about fields such as packaging science, hospitality and engineering technology through hands-on activities. The event was made possible by a collaboration between RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program and the College of Applied Science and Technology. RIT has consistently been recognized as one of the Top 200 Colleges for Native American Students.

Construction continues on the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios. The program is a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education that will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.