It all started in 1987 with a community project, a handful of faculty, and 37 students. Now, the RIT Big Shot is a larger campus tradition than anyone anticipated. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, get a glimpse of the history behind the RIT Big Shot, and a taste for the team’s future plans, in celebration of a new exhibit, RIT Big Shot: 35 Years of Painting with Light. Michael Peres, Gannett Chair in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS), has worked on the Big Shot since its inception. He is joined by Dan Hughes, lecturer in SPAS, and Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in Visual Communication Studies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, who will lead the Big Shot into the future. Read a transcript of this podcast: www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/BigShotPodcastTranscript.pdf

When people think of printing, they think of copiers, toners or pamphlets, but the print industry is growing and new technologies are impacting how products are developed and printed. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, alumna Stephanie Fallon, management, publishing leader at Wayfair, talks to Cecilia Savka and Emi Knape, undergraduate students in the Graphic Media Science and Technology Program about creativity, learning to be a “jack of all graphic trades” and the skills needed in today’s print industry. For a transcript of this podcast, visit: www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/GraphicMediaScienceandTechTranscript.pdf

Performing arts at RIT offer students a unique opportunity to pursue their passions of performing, while earning a technical college degree. In July 2022, RIT opens a new School of Performing Arts to offer additional creative opportunities for thousands of students who wish to pursue their passions in performance while majoring in a range of other fields. The school’s first director, Erica Haskell, has been named following a nationwide search. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, College of Liberal Arts Dean Anna Stenport talks with Thomas Warfield, Director of Dance in RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Assistant Professor Yunn-Shan Ma, director of the RIT Philharmonic Orchestra, on ways RIT is making dreams come true for students interested in performing arts. Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/SchoolofPerformingArtsTranscript.pdf

RIT is a global university. And this includes in the heart of Europe – home to RIT Croatia. RIT Croatia has locations in the capital city of Zagreb and the historic coastal city of Dubrovnik. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, RIT Croatia president and dean Don Hudspeth talks with Bob Finnerty, RIT’s associate vice president of communications, to discuss the 25th anniversary of RIT’s presence in Croatia and the opportunities that exist with its strategic location in central Europe. Read a transcript of this podcast: http://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/RITCroatiatranscript.pdf

In virtually every art course and studio environment at RIT, technology is integral to the delivery of content and production of work. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Elizabeth Kronfield, director of the School of Art and School for American Crafts, and Abigail Benkovich, a second-year MFA metals and jewelry design graduate student, discuss the university’s never-ending focus on intersecting technology, art, and design, and how RIT is in a unique position to blur the line between technology and making for students in the College of Art and Design. Read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/TechnologyinArtTranscript.pdf

RIT is a global university. And that includes the United Arab Emirates, which is home to RIT Dubai. A newly-built campus, located in the Dubai Silicon Oasis, recently opened featuring high-tech learning, research, and spaces for collaborative innovation. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, RIT Dubai President Yousef Al-Assaf speaks with Bob Finnerty, RIT’s associate vice president of communications, to discuss the new campus and the vision for RIT Dubai in this emerging part of the world. Read a transcript of this podcast here: www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/RITDubaiPodcastTranscript.pdf

In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast we meet Jackie Nicholson, who became just the fifth athletic director in RIT's history last summer, and the first woman to ever hold the position. Listen in as she talks with Lauren Zeglen, co-captain of RIT's women’s soccer team and president of the university’s Student Athlete Advisory Council(SAAC) about the future of RIT Athletics, the experience of student athletes on campus and the role of sports in creating a more equitable university. Read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/RITAthleticsPodcasttranscript.pdf

In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast we hear from Jill Bradbury, chair of the Department of Performing Arts in RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Andy Head, assistant professor in the Department of Performing Arts in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, as they discuss what the recent collaboration between the theater departments of NTID and CLA will mean, including more inclusive and accessible theater experiences for audience members with varying disabilities. Read a transcript of this podcast: https://rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/Performing-Arts-podcast-transcript.pdf

RIT is diversifying its faculty in many ways, and the Future Faculty Career Exploration Program is one of the most important avenues for doing so. In this episode of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Katrina Overby assistant professor in RIT’s School of Communication and a past participant in the program, talks with Donathan Brown, assistant provost and assistant vice president for faculty diversity and recruitment, about why the program is seen as a model nationally in launching the careers of underrepresented scholars. Read a transcript of this episode: www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/Recruiting-Diverse-Faculty-podcast-transcript.pdf

RIT Space Exploration, or RIT SPEX, gives students hands-on experience on projects in the growing space industry. Their missions range from designing CubeSats to building model rovers and using drone technology for imaging. In this edition of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, current student leader Ryan Brown talks with RIT SPEX alumni Evan Putnam and Amber Dubill, who took their experiences to industry leaders Raytheon Intelligence and Space, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Read a transcript of this episode: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/podcast-transcripts/RIT-SPEX-podcast-transcript.pdf