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Facilities Grades:
Quick StatsPopular Places to Chill
- The Portfolio
- Carr Haus Café
- Dorms
- In studios
- RISD beach
- The Met
- The Quad
Athletic Centers
- Olney-Margolies Athletic Center (OMAC), which is Brown University’s athletic facility that RISD students may use
- Fitness center in RISD Student Center
College Prowler Take
When it comes to the facility that students care about most—studio space—it’s on a department-by-department basis, but on the whole, people’s needs are met one way or another and most everyone has what they need to function. In terms of athletic facilities, Brown makes up for what RISD lacks. The communal computer labs satisfy anyone who doesn’t need extremely specific programs, and even then, certain majors have their own labs to fulfill those needs. The equipment that RISD students are privileged to have access to during their college experience is impressive. For example, there are approximately six woodshops on campus that grant access to different groups of students, and the textiles department has one of two college-owned Jacquard looms in the country. Aside from these kinds of departmental resources, RISD’s greatest resource is its museum. Admission is free to all RISD students, and there are special events, as well as the annual showing of work from graduate students and the winners of the contest “Sightings.” The best part about the museum is that if you make an appointment far enough in advance, you can meet with a curator or assistant, and they will pull almost any part of the collection for you to see in person. Considering that at any current time, only 4 percent of the collection is on display, RISD students are given access to a tremendous resource that is not afforded anyone else. Students Speak Out
Love your school more than free food? Hate your school more than term papers?
Somewhere in between? Show the world what YOU think of YOUR school:
Anonymous says:  |
I’ve been really impressed with my...
I’ve been really impressed with my department. My class doubled the size of the previous class, and they’ve found a way to accommodate us at every turn. It’s been tight in some cases—the CAD lab is the worst—but we’ve managed. |
Anonymous says: |
Athletics and computers are good....
Athletics and computers are good. The dining is pretty good. The studios depend on the department. I don’t have my own photo lab, so that’s too bad. |
Anonymous says: |
Printmaking studios are crammed. |
Anonymous says: |
It depends on your major—my...
It depends on your major—my studios are unbelievable. They put a million resources at your fingertips. And the atmosphere is great for working. I haven’t really heard people that upset about communal studios; it’s more a fight for personal studio space. Some majors get more than others, and not until a certain year, if at all. |
Anonymous says: |
Our ID facilities are okay. The...
Our ID facilities are okay. The shops (wood, metal) are nice. |
FactsWhat To Do on Campus
Catch a film showing by the RISD Film Society, check out student and professional poetry readings in Carr Haus, hear a guest lecturer the Auditorium, visit one of the many student gallery showings, play pingpong and pool in the Homer lounge, or get in free to the museum.
Favorite Things To Do
Students usually spend their spare time lingering on the RISD beach (or anywhere else) when the weather is warm. They also enjoy watching movies, visiting galleries, especially RISD-affiliated ones, and attending RISD student’s shows, concert, galleries, and presentations.
Movie Theater on Campus
- None, but there are sometimes movie showings in the Auditorium and Tap Room.
Coffeehouse on Campus
- Carr Haus Café
- Watermark Café
Did You Know?The Nature Lab in the Freshmen Foundation building is a three-dimensional library of specimens and live creatures. Many things may not be checked out, but students bring their work with them, and draw, paint, or sculpt in the Lab while looking at taxidermied animals and fetuses in jars.
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