COMPUTER LABS
Over the past four years, the University has invested more than $30 million in a series
of extensive labs. The Knowledge Union—the primary working environment of MFA Design and Technology students—consists of state-of-the-art technology spread over four floors. Six hundred networked workstations include all relevant platforms. Servers support work ranging from traditional print output to online projects using webcasting and secure transaction technology. Specialty work, whether audio/video production, MIDI, recording or physical computing installation, takes place in private studios spread across the campus. Portable production equipment including digital still, video, and audio equipment is readily available. Digital projectors, surround sound, and active white boards feed into equipment racks that enable presentation of all media types. MFA Design and Technology students who wish to work from home have full access to the University network over the Internet, and while on campus, can take advantage of the university wireless network and full Internet 2 connectivity.
The Academic Computing Center at 65 Fifth Avenue was created in 1986 with a focus on the needs of graduate students. In room 216 there are three computing classrooms and an open lab area, with approximately 50 Windows XP based computers. An additional 25 computer workstations reside in a Windows XP classroom located in the Fogelman library. Both facilities are fully networked with standard research and productivity software including electronic mail and Internet connectivity.
The University Computing Center, on the 3rd and 4th floors at 55 West 13th Street, is a central hub of technologies. UCC computers and hands-on classrooms support multimedia, Web design and desktop publishing, as well as word-processing and research. All degree-seeking students have access.
The Fashion Computing Center at 560 Seventh Avenue provides computing support for the Parsons B.F.A. program in fashion design. It has 16 Unix workstations, 20 Macintosh computers, 8 NT based PCs, Zip drives, color printers, and black and white printers. Software includes high end graphic and 3D Modeling applications.
