New research building comes online in 2025

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Against the backdrop of campus and the city of Rochester, the research building will become one of RIT’s newest facilities this year.

Research awards as well as national funding sources for economic development have increased to record levels at RIT, prompting the need for more research laboratory space on campus.

RIT’s newest research facility, a modern 39,000-square-foot multifunctional building, is opening this year. The space is being readied for 18 labs, with eight on the first floor and 10 on the second.

All have the capacity to be either wet or dry labs—including special fume hoods, water, or electrical utilities, and bio-level safety measures.

Labs in the new building have been allotted to RIT’s College of Science, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, and Kate Gleason College of Engineering.

Other labs will be assigned as new faculty-researchers are recruited.

“We’re seeing an increasing trend of collaboration across disciplines, and this space amplifies that spirit,” said André Hudson, dean of the College of Science. “By bringing together faculty, staff, and scholars from varied backgrounds under one roof, we’re not just creating opportunities for collaboration, we’re fostering a culture where interdisciplinary innovation thrives.”


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