Colin Rills is a photojournalist and Chief Photo Editor at Reporter Magazine in Rochester, N.Y.

Drag performers from Drag Queen Entertainment and members of the RIT Drag Club perform at the orientation week drag show for incoming students, organized by the RIT College Activities Board, in Ingle Auditorium at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026.

RIT opens its new Performing Arts Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an inaugural cabaret show, “Till There Was You,” at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y., Friday, April 10, 2026.

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Graduates, faculty and guests gather for the 2026 Academic Convocation, RIT’s universitywide commencement ceremony, in the Gordon Field House at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y., Friday, May 8, 2026. Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison delivered the keynote address, and RIT awarded honorary degrees to five recipients, including Jemison and Academy Award-winning actor Troy Kotsur.

Coverage of No Kings protests across the Rochester, N.Y., area, from the Twelve Corners intersection in Brighton in June 2025 to Pittsford and downtown Rochester in March 2026. The demonstrations were part of nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and his administration.

Students walk overnight during Relay For Life, an American Cancer Society fundraiser hosted by RIT Colleges Against Cancer, in the Gordon Field House at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y., April 11–12, 2026. The event honors cancer survivors, remembers those lost to the disease and raises money for cancer research.