Photo Spotlights

Love’s Fire, a series of seven short plays based on Shakespeare sonnets, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-12 and 2 p.m. Nov. 13 in the 1510 Lab Theatre as part of RIT’s yearlong commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. All shows are free and open to the public, but seating is limited to about 50.

Rapper T-Pain, right, performed for a crowd of 2,000 at the Gordon Field House on Nov. 5 for the Fall Concert, sponsored by the RIT College Activities Board. “We put out music surveys each semester to see what genre the students would like for a concert,” said Angelena Russo, CAB president. “Recently, the top two have been alternative and rap. And since we had an alternative group (Walk the Moon) in the spring, we decided to have rap for our Fall Concert.”

Gallery r, RIT’s metro art space in downtown Rochester, N.Y., is hosting an exhibition featuring works from the private collection of Gerald Mead—a Buffalo, N.Y., artist and collector who has amassed over 1,000 works by more than 900 western New York artists. “Hunter/Gatherer—Rochester Connections: Works from the Gerald Mead Collection”, on view through Nov. 20, includes many RIT artists and alumni. On left, Gerald Mead talks with people at the opening.

Aidan Milburn, a fourth-year biomedical sciences student and men’s lacrosse team member from Vancouver, reads to children at School No. 5 in the City School District on Nov. 4. RIT student-athletes and members of The Wallace Center visited kids in the first grade as part of the Giant READ program. After reading the book Amazing Tigers, each student received a copy of the book to take home and encourage further reading. The annual Giant READ event is part of a larger community service program at RIT called READ: Hope in Action, a two-pronged effort that seeks to both enhance literacy and develop the awareness and possibility of a college education for Rochester’s underserved populations.

Fitness guru Camela Douglass, center, held workshops with students before her Dancing with DIVAS event Nov. 3. Determined Individuals Victoriously Achieving Success (DIVAS) began as an RIT group in 2011. They provide a variety of social, educational and service activities to foster a support network for incoming multicultural women at RIT to help increase the retention of students through mentorship, personal development and successful academic programs.

John Zachary, a third-year biomedical science student from Rochester, N.Y., received a haircut from William Hood of Epik Hair Studio during the “T” Party for Men on Nov. 3 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.

Preschoolers at the Volunteers of America Children’s Center in Rochester are learning about shared family meal time based on curriculum developed by Barbara Lohse, head of the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition in RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology. Elizabeth Ruder, assistant professor in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition, pictured above on right, won an RIT boot-camp grant to introduce the program to 16 Volunteers of America Children’s Centers. Miranda Lloyd, above center, lead teacher at the Volunteers of America Children’s Center on Lake Avenue, incorporates lessons from NEEDs for Tots into her daily curriculum.

Interim Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Keith Jenkins spoke about his career path as part of the First Talk speaker series Nov. 1. He shared personal vignettes about key people who supported him along the way.

Karolina Baez, a first-year student in the School of Individualized Study from Dominican Republic, created a miniature painting at the Native American Heritage Month kick-off event Nov. 1. Traditional foods of Three Sisters Stew, a blend of corn, squash and beans, and corn bread were available to sample. Posters were displayed with information about modern Native Americans.

Communication student Jessa Wong, left, and biotechnology student Susan Tian prepared for Halloween at the glow-in-the-dark pumpkin painting event at the Halloween Blowout, sponsored by RIT Global Union and several other clubs. Halloween-themed activities, including tarot card readings, dancing, henna tattoos, food and mask painting, were held in the Campus Center on Oct. 29.

RIT/NTID Performing Arts presents DanceTales, dances presented in a variety of styles, including jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tap, modern dance, folk dance and ethnic and cultural dances, along with original visual projections and animations. The performances, directed by Nicole Hood and Thomas Warfield, are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27–29 and 2 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Robert F. Panara Theatre.

David Chauncey, left, vice president and general manager, Products, at Council Rock, an engineering services and consulting company that designs, integrates and installs wireless networks for electric and gas utilities, oil and gas companies and public safety agencies, speaks with David Rusin, CEO of Vakxel Corp., at the Venture Creations graduation ceremony Oct. 25. Three new companies—Splyce, TouchStream Solutions and Council Rock—were officially launched from the incubator and have already introduced 27 new jobs into the economy. Venture Creations provides services to incubating companies, facilitating the development and operation of these companies for the purpose of advancing the educational and research missions of RIT through the enhancement of faculty, student and staff involvement in high technology. Thirty-three companies have graduated from the incubator and together have created 466 jobs. For more on the graduating companies, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=57699.