News by Topic: Alumni

WOWT-TV in Nebraska talks to Cody McEvoy ’15 (psychology) and Dillon Curren ’17 (criminal justice), advocacy specialists with the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

The Lewiston Tribute features Ted Kelchner '92 (woodworking and furniture design).

RIT has selected Phillip D. Castleberry, a 20-year veteran of higher education advancement and fundraising, as its new vice president for Development and Alumni Relations. Castleberry, who is currently serving as vice president for institutional advancement at St. John Fisher College, was chosen after a national search. He begins his RIT duties on Feb. 1.

The Examiner features Joe Cobbinah '82 (business administration), president of Dafco’s Art Gallery.

Fast Company features Matthew Peltier '13 (new media interactive development), founder and CEO of Community.com.

I-D features Ysa Perez '10 (professional photographic illustration) and a selection of her photography over the past year.

"Craft in America," a documentary series on handmade objects and the artists who make them, will feature furniture maker Wendy Maruyama '80 MFA (woodworking and furniture design). The episode is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Dec. 27 on WXXI-TV.

R. Roger Remington, RIT’s longest-serving faculty member, will retire in May after 57 years at the university. In addition to building a nationally recognized graphic design program in the College of Art and Design, Remington transformed RIT into an international archival resource for design, earning many of the industry’s most distinguished awards along the way.

Animation Magazine reports on a new Netflix holiday special, to premiere in the fourth quarter of 2020, by The Chiodo Brothers, including Stephen Chiodo ’76 (professional photographic illustration).

Lauren Alvarenga '10 (biomedical photographic communications) writes about the deconvolution image-processing technique in Photonics.com.

Dwell features Patricia Moore ’74 (industrial design), an internationally renowned designer, gerontologist, and leading authority on consumer lifespan behaviors

ASME.org features David Swerzenski '17 (mechanical engineering) and talks to Tim Landschoot, principal lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Catherine Osadciw, fifth-year software engineering major.