The Studio at the Barbara J. Burger iZone is a flexible, creativity-inducing room where students go to learn new skills for problem solving as part of a class or workshop.

Reserving The Studio

To reserve the Studio, you must be a University of Rochester faculty, staff, or student.

Class or workshop requirements

To reserve the Studio, a class or workshop must:

  1. Help students learn new skills or mindsets for exploring ideas that solve social, cultural, community or economic problems. This includes:
    • Design Thinking (identifying problems, brainstorming, user research, prototyping, experimentation, etc.)
    • Community engaged learning
    • Storytelling and pitching
    • Leadership or team building competencies
    • Entrepreneurship and innovation skills
  2. Have a hands-on or experiential element.
  3. Have at least one facilitator or instructor.
  4. Be open to any undergraduate for registration or attendance.

Technology available

A screen and projector is available for use.

Capacity

The Studio is set up to accommodate small group work and collaboration, rather than lecture-style sessions. It is setup to handle a class of 16. Depending on the session, additional chairs could be brought in to accommodate up to 25 participants.

iZone Studio room layout showing 8 tables and available technology

 

Expectations

Before your session

  1. Review this page in full and ensure that you can meet all of the requirements outlined for use of the space.
  2. Reserve the Studio. All requests must be submitted at least a week before the session.

During your session

  1. Promptly report any issues with the space to iZone staff.

After your session

  1. Reset The Studio at the end of every session and leave it better than when you found it!
  2. Fill out the provided survey to help us make The Studio the best possible resource for our partners. (This includes how many participants you had, be sure to collect that information!)

iZone reserves the right to suspend use of the Studio at any time due to any of these issues:

  • Failure to notify iZone of course/workshop cancellation.
  • Habitually leaving the Studio in a condition other than how you found it.
  • Leaving the Studio in a condition which could reasonably be considered disrespectful.
  • Repeatedly violating any of the expectations or qualifications in this FAQ.
  • Violating any of the University’s rules or policies.