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Kelly Jahn
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April 14, 2025
How the Science of Color Boosts Productivity at Work
The Wall Street Journal speaks to Kelly Jahn, adjunct faculty member in the College of Art and Design, about the impact of color on human psychology. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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January 14, 2025
New RIT student-designed bookmobile drives library access
RPL GO!, a van retrofitted with library materials and offerings, will visit local neighborhoods in service of individuals unable to access physical library branches.
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January 10, 2024
Student-designed mobile library prepares for rollout
Graphic design, industrial design and interior design students collaborated with the Rochester Public Library and City of Rochester to retrofit a van with library resources and equipment the community can engage with in any location.
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December 14, 2023
Student-designed concessions area takes flight at Syracuse airport
A team of interior design students inspired the sleek design of a new pre-security food and beverage service space at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport.
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August 24, 2022
Student project inspires redesign of Rochester library's 'Secret Room'
The Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County’s historic Secret Room received a wall-to-wall makeover based on a design package by a team of interior design students.
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January 31, 2022
University initiatives helping drive downtown resurgence
RIT is contributing to Rochester’s revitalization efforts in a significant way, bringing a creative energy and economic development acumen translating into important arts, cultural, educational, and economic opportunities for the city.
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January 20, 2022
Interior Design program partners with Syracuse airport to shape new concessions area
RIT Interior Design students prepared design packages for a pre-security food and beverage lounge for Syracuse Hancock International Airport, which plans to install the concessions area based on the students' designs.
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February 25, 2021
Rochester Public Library to use students' design for project build out
The library was awarded a Play Everywhere grant to execute a redesign of its historic play and reading room based on a concept by a group of Interior Design students.
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December 7, 2020
Students design responsive, resilient office spaces amid pandemic
With health and safety in mind, RIT interior designers created office designs equipped to stay active during COVID-19 and handle other unexpected events.
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May 12, 2020
Students prepare interior design proposals for historic building
Fourteen Interior Design seniors collaborated with multiple clients to provide concepts for the three-story Dove Block, a 19th-century structure in Geneva, N.Y., undergoing restoration.
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February 17, 2020
RIT students join Dove Block project
The Finger Lakes Times talks to Kelly Jahn, lecturer in the College of Art and Design, about a project her students are working on to help restore a 19th-century building in Geneva, N.Y.