[MUSIC] MORGANN: Welcome to your tour of the RIT campus. My name is Morgann Conley and I’m a first-year interpreting student from Boston. The many labs, classrooms, galleries, and other facilities you’re about to see are part of why we’re always on to something amazing here at RIT.
Of course, this is just a glimpse of what RIT has to offer. So, we hope, after this tour, you’ll arrange for an in-person visit to see even more. As we begin, our first stop is MAGIC Spell Studios. Here 52,000 square feet are devoted to digital media production
Rivaling studios in New York City and Hollywood. Included within MAGIC is the Wegmans Theater, a 180-seat capacity theater with Dolby-Atmos sound and 4k laser projection. The sound stage, a 7,000-square-foot area, provides resources and space to both student and professional filmmakers. MAGIC also boasts both 2D and 3D animation classrooms,
An AR/VR lab, stop motion facilities and demo lounge. Next up, Gannett Hall houses the Schools of Film and Animation and Photographic Arts and Sciences in the College of Art and Design. The photo school boasts one of the most impressive photographic facilities in education,
Made even more impressive because of an extensive $3.5 million renovation. And if that weren’t enough great news, the photo school is also proud to recognize the latest RIT alumnus to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism excellence–Evan Vucci from the class of 2000.
His win makes that 11 photography alumni who have won a combined 15 Pulitzer Prizes. The College of Art and Design is also home to the School of Film and Animation. Our graduates are working at major studios and animation companies and have received
Screen credits on films like Frozen, the Marvel movie franchise, and Pirates of the Caribbean. We’re now leaving Gannett Hall and moving into Booth Hall, home to the School of Art and the School of Design. The Bevier Art Gallery and the University Gallery feature the work of students, faculty,
Alumni, and esteemed national and international artists and designers. If you’re on campus in the future, be sure to put these galleries on your list of places to visit. The School of Design is ranked among the best, with Business Week naming it one of the top 10 design schools in the country.
Students work with award-winning faculty and have access to state-of-the art laboratories and computer facilities as well as the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and the entire archive of renowned designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli, housed in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
Of renowned designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli, housed in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies. The Vignelli graphic and product designs are icons of international design and two prime examples include American Airlines and the New York City Subway system maps. As we leave Booth Hall, we are passing through the Unity Quad
Named after the sculpture you see at the center. The sculpture is composed of three individual sections. The three sections represent the unity of science, technology and art at RIT. Take note of the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, the only institution
To offer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Imaging Science in the nation. Current research in the center includes projects sponsored by NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation, among others. That’s the Center for Bioscience Education and Technology or CBET as it is commonly referred to.
The College of Health Sciences and Technology housed in CBET highlights RIT’s commitment to health care by putting its medically related programs in one academic college. One of the unique features of the building is the cadaver lab, which gives students a huge advantage when applying to medical, physician assistant, dental or physical therapy school–
Most undergraduates at other universities do not get to have this experience. Also, in this building is a physician assistant training lab and a large diagnostic medical sonography scanning simulator lab. The Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition is located in the 45,000-square foot Clinical Health Sciences Center that opened in the fall 2015.
This center features state-of-the-art clinical health simulation facilities and research facilities for behavioral science. Our next stop is James E. Gleason Hall, home to the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Gleason Hall is also home to many of our performance teams including Formula SAE and Hot Wheelz Formula SAE Electric Vehicle Team,
The first all-female team to compete in the Formula Hybrid competition. These performance teams and others do much of their work in the Earl W. Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Lab. Inside this lab are computer numerical controlled machines and additive machining tools,
Such as 3D printers and rapid prototypers and even a 3D liquid metal printer. Here you can see the Center for Microelectronic Engineering and the home of the nation’s first undergraduate program in microelectronic engineering where student course work focuses on the design and manufacture of semiconductors,
Or silicon computer chips in the Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory. From here, we’re entering the Engineering Technology Hall, home of the College of Engineering Technology. Our Women in Technology program calls this facility home as they work to build community for women in tech programs through professional development opportunities, community service, and social events.
Louise Slaughter Hall houses labs for majors in industrial and manufacturing engineering, manufacturing engineering technology, and packaging science. It also houses the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. This facility is also the site for military testing and fuel cell research as well as many federal and state grant-funded projects.
From here, we move on to the Golisano Institute for Sustainability that is housed in a Platinum level LEED Certified building designed to demonstrate sustainable building technologies and energy systems. Inside this spectacular facility, multidisciplinary staff are working on sustainable production, sustainable energy, and ecologically-friendly information technology systems.
GIS has received several national awards for its research and outreach efforts. Before we get to the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, we will be walking by the future site of the Performing Arts Complex. Phase one of this project includes a state-of-the-art music performance theater
With seating for 750, costume and scene shops, rehearsal space, as well as flexible space for a variety of uses. RIT also seeks to add a 1,500-seat orchestra hall for larger audiences as a second phase to this project. We’re now on to the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences in Golisano Hall.
It’s our largest college with enrollment now almost 3,800 students. Offering 16 degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate level, we are one of the most comprehensive computing colleges in the U.S. On the second floor is the air-gap lab, a self-contained lab used to teach students how to protect an organization’s data and
Infrastructure from hackers, viruses, and other forms of attacks. Since it is isolated from the rest of the campus infrastructure, students can experiment with all types of attacks without endangering any other computers on campus. This also allows us to host attack and defend competitions throughout the year. Across the atrium is the gaming lab.
RIT’s game design and development program is consistently ranked top 10 in the nation. The third floor includes a graphics lab where students use a motion capture suit to create virtual theater performances. They also have artificial intelligence labs where they are now researching new intelligent systems.
Many clubs and student organizations are housed in the Golisano College including the Society of Software Engineers, Esports, Game Developers Club, codeRIT and Women in Computing. The Global Cybersecurity Institute is expanding RIT’s capabilities in three areas of cybersecurity: education, training, and research. Here, our students and researchers are working to build secure systems, software,
Devices, and technologies of the future. The facility is home to the Cyber Range, a state-of-the-art computer lab where students can simulate large-scale, realistic network attacks so they can prepare themselves for the next real attack. Now, we’re moving to Student Innovation Hall, home to the Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The Innovation Center is a flexible work and display center where innovators and multi-disciplinary teams can come together to develop and advance their ideas. For the rest of the tour, I’m going to turn you over to Keith. Hope to see you again soon! >> Thanks, Morgann. I’m Keith Gonzalez,
A first-year game design and development student from Brooklyn. Welcome to Global Village, an internationally-inspired, LEED-certified sustainable residential community and commercial complex located on the south side of campus. The retail spaces include four restaurants, two convenience stores, a post office,
Bank, a unisex hair salon and Shop One, an RIT-made art, craft and design shop. From Global Village we’re walking east to Max Lowenthal Hall, home of the Saunders College of Business. Currently, the facility boasts a number of smart classrooms, Bloomberg terminals
And the latest analytics and data visualization software as well as the Sklarsky Analytics Center. In terms of rankings and recognition, Saunders College is consistently among the top nationally for undergraduate programs in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. not to mention one of the largest colleges across RIT’s global campuses
In China, Dubai and Croatia. A $19-plus-million expansion will double the size of Lowenthal Hall by 2024. Plans for the 35,000 square-foot addition incorporate applied learning and collaboration elements, including additional classrooms, applied research laboratories, event space, a large auditorium and student team rooms.
As we leave Lowenthal Hall and Saunders College, we are approaching the Gene Polisseni Center, the home of the men’s and women’s Division 1 hockey teams. The Polisseni Center is a great place to be on Friday and Saturday nights taking in the action and joining fellow Tigers cheering on
Our men’s and women’s hockey teams. Now it is off to Thomas Gosnell Hall home to the College of Science. Notable in this hall is the Bruce and Nora James Atrium. The granite floor is etched with images to represent milestones in science. In addition, there are 11 research centers and labs in the college,
Including labs specific to genetic engineering, aquatic ecology, and quantum optics. Exiting out the front of Gosnell Hall, we are on the Quarter Mile. Looking east, we see the Mobius Quad otherwise known as the Infinity Quad named as such based on the Mobius Strip sculpture.
While the Mobius Strip marks the beginning or end of the Quarter Mile on the academic side of campus, the Sundial sculpture marks the other beginning or end of the Quarter Mile on the residence side of campus. The next stop on our tour is the Wallace Center.
The first floor of Wallace is home to Java Wally’s so we can fuel up for those late night study sessions. Not that long ago, the first floor of the library was renovated, as books were moved off of the first floor to allow for more student collaboration and study spaces.
More recently, we have seen the addition of the Student Hall for Exploration and Development, otherwise known as the SHED, that connects the Wallace Center with Monroe Hall. This 100,000-plus-square-foot facility was completed in 2023 and is now the focal point on campus. The building includes a large makerspace, space for project teams, a flexible
Performance theater, active classrooms, dance studios, and more. The SHED gets its name from the winning entrant in a student contest to name the building held in 2021. Across from the Wallace Center is the College of Liberal Arts. It is here where students gain both traditional liberal arts skills
Like critical thinking and communication, along with technical skills. The College of Liberal Arts also sponsors musical, cultural, and artistic events. Next is the tallest building on campus, George Eastman Hall, named after the founder of Eastman Kodak. Eastman, is home to both administrative offices and the School of Individualized Study.
The individualized degree is all about a student’s ideas, interests, and goals. It is designed to help students be innovative and have a voice in their educational experience. We’ve reached the Student-Alumni Union commonly referred to as the SAU. This union is the focal point of student life and diversity on campus.
We see the flags hung on the upper walls signifying the 100 countries represented by students here at RIT. Others in the SAU represent 31 social fraternities and sororities. There are four cultural flags mounted in the SAU, serving as a visual marker of RIT’s commitment to diversity, respect, equity and inclusion.
The Haudenosaunee flag, the Pride flag, the Black Lives Matter flag, and the Sign Union flag. Next, we arrive at the Hale-Andrews Student Life Center. The center boasts five multi-purpose courts, seven racquetball courts and one squash court. Dance, aerobics and Zumba classes take place in the Student Life Center as well.
The facility includes a yoga room, weight room, elevated jogging track, and fitness lab with VR fitness training equipment. The Wiedman Fitness Center, available to all full-time students, features a full range of machines, free weights, cardiovascular equipment, stretching area, and a CrossFit area. Our next stop is the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.
The Gordon Field House houses three indoor, intramural playing fields adaptable for multiple sports activities as well as a varsity-used indoor track. The Field House provides a venue for commencement, concerts, and other special events, such as the career fair and Imagine RIT. Also located in the Field House is the Judson Aquatic Center,
Which contains an eight lane, competition-sized pool, a diving pool, a resistance lane, which most students use as a lazy river, and 25 person hot tub. Father down on the Quarter Mile, near the residential side of campus, is the Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
About 10 percent of RIT’s student population is deaf or hard-of-hearing and a part of NTID. NTID is the first and largest technological college in the world for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Also in LBJ, you will find the Dyer Arts Center home to the world’s largest
Collection of art by professional deaf artists as well as the Robert F. Panara Theatre, named for NTID’s first deaf faculty member who by the way was immortalized by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp in 2017. I’m also pleased to show you RIT’s updated athletics facilities.
They include a new dedicated track and field facility that greets visitors entering campus from Jefferson Road. The baseball and softball fields have also received a significant upgrade that has extended the outdoor season for play and practice, and more accurately reflects the caliber of our softball and baseball programs.
In addition, a newly-constructed stadium will replace the existing structure, Tiger Stadium, taking our athletics facilities to the next level. The new stadium will include an upgraded turf playing field, permanent seating, locker rooms and team rooms, as well as indoor and outdoor venues to host fans.
The last stop on this tour is the Bausch and Lomb Center, home to Admissions, Financial Aid and Scholarships and the Office of Career Services and Co-op Education. We would love to welcome you inside the Bausch and Lomb Center when you schedule an in-person campus visit.
It’s been my pleasure to show you the RIT campus. Thank you for joining me. And Go Tigers!
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