Photo Spotlights

AMPrint Center Director Denis Cormier, RIT’s Earl W. Brinkman Professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, spoke at the official opening of the new Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing (AMPrint) Center, one of New York state’s newest Centers for Advanced Technology, on Oct. 25. He was joined by RIT President Bill Destler, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and other RIT, industry and state officials. The center, located on RIT’s Henrietta campus, is among the first research labs in the world to focus on development of next-generation multi-functional 3D printing technologies, materials and devices.

Medical illustration students Mark McMonagle and Alyssa Philips draw Rosalie, a saker gyrfalcon, in Professor Alan Singer’s zoological and botanical art class. Two falcons and a barn owl, brought by the organization Wild Wings, were available for life drawing. Photographs were taken for detailed references. For the final product, each student creates a book cover featuring one of the birds. The class also goes onsite to the zoo, area parks and the Lamberton Conservatory.

Members of the RIT men’s soccer team gather in their new locker room before a recent practice as they prepare for the final stretch of the 2016 season. The Tigers host Hobart College on Oct. 29 in their final regular-season game of 2016.

The Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty at RIT presented the First Annual Practical Politics Colloquium: How Politics Really Works: An Insider’s View, Oct. 20, in Ingle Auditorium. From left, Former Lt. Governor Bob Duffy, NYS Senator Rich Funke, former Rochester Mayor Tom Richards and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb comprised the panel. More than 200 Advanced Placement government and U.S. history students from high schools in Rochester and surrounding counties attended.

RIT/NTID student Zainab Ajaz, right, meets with company representatives Jerry Henwood and Linda Haas from Global Connections to Employment Inc., with the assistance of interpreter Kat Womak, at the 16th annual NTID job fair on Oct. 19. Ajaz, a fifth-year project management major from St. Louis, joined hundreds of NTID students as they searched for co-op or full-time employment opportunities with the more than 50 companies who attended the fair, including Yahoo!, Baxter Health Care, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Dow Chemical Co., Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Harris Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Department of Defense, among others. NTID’s Center on Employment also recognized companies who consistently hire deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. This year’s honorees were Solar Turbines based in San Diego, and Ohio Health Corporation based in Columbus, Ohio. Interpreters were available at each table to assist students and recruiters, and in many cases, company recruiters were NTID alumni.

Denis Cormier, left, explains to doctoral students Pritam Poddar and Chaitanya Mahajan how different 3D items were printed. On the computer screen is a mock-up of an engine part, color coded to show areas of material weakness that could be stressed, allowing engineers to design reinforcements before manufacturing. RIT will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the AMPrint Center at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, on the fourth floor of RIT’s Institute Hall. The ceremony is part of the NYSTAR Partner Conference, which RIT is hosting Oct. 25 and 26.

George Carvell, a fifth-year electrical engineering student from Lancaster, Pa., did some studying outside Tuesday in a colorful spot near the tennis courts.

Transformational Image-making, handmade photography since 1960, is on view in Bevier Gallery through Nov. 6. The group exhibition includes faculty and alumni from RIT.

Gallery r presents THREE, a group exhibition featuring Rebecca Arday, Meng Du, and Namdoo Kim. All are RIT alumni and studio residents in the Glass Program in the School for American Crafts.

Transformational Image-making, handmade photography since 1960, is on view in Bevier Gallery through Nov. 6. The group exhibition includes faculty and alumni from RIT.

Emeritus Professor Dane R. Gordon at the book launch and reading from his new RIT Press publication, The Collected Poems of Dane R. Gordon. The event was held on campus, Oct. 15, during RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.

The Brick City 5K Fun Run and Walk on Oct. 16 was one of the final events of Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. It was sponsored by the Center for Residence Life and the Center for Intercollegiate Athletics.