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RETTNER HALL: Named for University Trustee Ronald Rettner (below) and housing programs for digital media and engineering,
the new building was formally dedicated with the help of Rabbi Asher Yaras (top) during a Meliora Weekend ceremony (Photo: Adam Fenster)
(Photo: Adam Fenster)Visitors to campus for Meliora Weekend had a chance to tour Rochester鈥檚 newest building. Ronald Rettner Hall for Media Arts and Innovation was formally opened as a hub for the arts, humanities, sciences, and engineering on the River 人妻少妇专区. Named in honor of Ronald Rettner, a University trustee, entrepreneur, business executive, developer, and advocate of higher education whose lead gift made the building possible, the hall features recording studios, high-end computers, 3-D printers, and other technology.
鈥淭his is the first building in the country that integrates engineering, computer science, art, graphic design, and music,鈥� Rettner said during the dedication ceremonies. 鈥淚t encourages student collaboration. It鈥檚 team-oriented鈥攕tudents working and learning together and from each other.鈥� The new building also houses two of the University鈥檚 newest majors, digital media studies and audio and music engineering.
STUDIO TIME: Dan Waldman 鈥�17, an audio and music engineering major, and Peter Snell 鈥�17, a neuroscience major, tour the control booth in one of the building鈥檚 recording studios. (Photo: Adam Fenster)
Meliora Weekend ceremony.3-D VIEW: George Ferguson, director of programming and operations for Rettner Hall (left), talks
with visitors about 3-D printing. Combining such technology with open areas (top) and flexible work spaces, the building is
designed to spur collaboration. (Photo: Adam Fenster)