Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival is a campus-wide event that showcases the innovative and creative spirit of RIT students, faculty and staff. Visitors experience the breadth and depth of RIT through interactive presentations, hands-on demonstrations, exhibitions, and research projects set up throughout campus. Inflatables, games and multiple performance stages with live music and entertainment are also a hit with visitors of all ages. Held annually each spring, Imagine RIT is the annual kickoff to Rochester’s rich festival season.
Students in the Photojournalism program covered the event publishing photos to the website RIT Image Nation live throughout the day. Here at NPPA we wanted to showcase some of the best work from the site.
Seth Bauer, 19 1st year Photojournalism major, and Catalina McKay 3rd year Medical Illustration major, sit on the roof and watch as the last attendees leave Imagine RIT on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in Henrietta, NY, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Photograph by Kate Lovering).
Sam Stewart, 1st year Applied Systems Networking Administration major at RIT, takes a nap while waiting to compete in the 6th Annual Strongman Competition during Imagine RIT 2013 at Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y. on Saturday, May 4, 2013. “It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be” said Stewart after 6 hours of competition. (Josh Barber)
Jack Gilbert, 6 of Penfield, NY, plays while he looks for his symmetrical painting at the Psychology Student Society’s exhibit at Imagine RIT at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, NY, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Photograph by Kate Lovering).
Nasibah Miraloglu, 5 of Rochester, looks through a soar telescope to view a spot on the sun the size of the earth at the Astrophysical Sciences and Technology PHD program’s exhibit at Imagine RIT at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, NY, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Photograph by Kate Lovering).
Jahlier Miller descends down a rock climbing wall during the Imagine R.I.T. festival in Henrietta, NY, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Tom Brenner).
Stevie Bennett, 5, enjoys the “Fun With Fluids” exhibit at the Imagine R.I.T. festival in Henrietta, NY, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Tom Brenner).
The Cranmer and Lynn families look at an Imagine R.I.T. Event map outside the campus’ Student Alumni Union on May 4 2013.
Second year Biomedical Science major Alex Schepler reaches for the giant tire to finish pulling a pickup truck during a “Strongman” weight lifting competition in Henrietta, NY, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Tom Brenner).
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