Photo Spotlights

Gabriela Perez Baez from the Smithsonian Institution listened to some poster sessions after she delivered her talk, “Understanding the Goals of Language Revitalization Practitioners: Preliminary Results from the Survey of Global Revitalization Efforts,” during the Symposium on American Indian Languages at RIT on April 7. Nearly 100 people from around the country attended the symposium.

Isabel Marte, a third-year 3D animation student from Bronx, N.Y., participated in the poster session with her project “Capacity building for the creation of digital illustration of Desano traditional stories”. Nearly 100 people from around the country attended the Symposium on American Indian Languages at RIT on April 7.

The RIT Juggle-In included workshops and shows in Clark Gym April 7-9. In its 40th year, the event is one of the longest running juggling festivals in North America. Here, participants gathered for the Big Toss-Up.

The RIT West African Percussion Ensemble presented examples of music, dance and rituals from the West African cultures of Ghana, Guinea, the Congo and Senegal, among others. The ensemble was joined by dancers from the Pan-African Percussion and Dance Ensemble MOUNAFANYI.

The RIT West African Percussion Ensemble presented examples of music, dance and rituals from the West African cultures of Ghana, Guinea, the Congo and Senegal, among others. The ensemble was joined by dancers from the Pan-African Percussion and Dance Ensemble MOUNAFANYI and master drummer Fana Bangoura, shown here.

The 2016-2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars were celebrated with a reception and awards ceremony April 6. In order to receive the scholars designation, students must have earned a GPA of 3.85 and completed more than two-thirds of the credit hours required for a bachelor’s degree. Selection is also based on factors complementing their academic achievement, including creative work, independent research and community service.

Construction has begun 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.

Lea Vacca Michel, right, associate professor in chemistry, explains some ways to negotiate starting pay to Kelsea Jones, a third-year chemistry student from Avon, N.Y., during an Equal Pay Day awareness event hosted by Women in Science (WISe) on April 4. Tables and posters were set up to demonstrate differences in starting salaries and how they become bigger differences over time.

Sundy He, a third-year new media marketing student from Brooklyn, N.Y., explored the GE RV on campus. The GE Mobile Campus Tour stopped by RIT April 3 to speak with students about what it’s like to be a woman working in science and technology. The RV also serves as a mobile recruiting center, offering female engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators information on GE careers and the steps needed to apply to jobs post-graduation.

Jolie Vrabel, left, with GE’s Edison Engineering Development Program, talks with Pahlavi Mayekar, a first -year graduate student in electrical engineering from Mumbai, India. The GE Mobile Campus Tour stopped by RIT April 3 to speak with students about what it’s like to be a woman working in science and technology. The RV also serves as a mobile recruiting center, offering female engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators information on GE careers and the steps needed to apply to jobs post-graduation.

Farid Barquet, left, a third-year biotechnology and biomedical sciences student from Mexico City, leans on Layla Phouthavong, a third-year biomedical sciences student from Pittsburgh, while he adjusts his heels. Alpha Sigma Alpha hosted the annual Heel Violence walk on April 2. All proceeds will go to IGNITE, which provides free services to people who are deaf and hard of hearing and who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse.

The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation celebrated 10 years at RIT and the renovation of new space to accommodate the center’s growth on March 31. Researchers contributed to the first detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and are active members of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) scientific collaboration. New Frontiers in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics is an RIT Signature Interdisciplinary Research Area. Beverly Berger, from the National Science Foundation, attended the event and is shown here, seated, between Manuela Campanelli, center director standing at left, and Sophia Maggelakis, dean of the College of Science.