Category: Events

NASA Space Apps Challenge

The NASA Space Apps Challenge is a 48-hour global hackathon engaging thousands of problem-solvers each year across the globe to work with NASA in designing creative solutions to international and interplanetary problems using open source data. The event is not just for coders, but for makers, designers, students, engineers, artists, and problem solvers. If you […]

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Nicole Black

[ics_button subject=”Nicole Black” description=”MAGIC Speaker Series” location=”MAGIC Center” start-date=”2017-04-24 13:00″ end-date=”2017-04-24 2:30″][/ics_button] Title: Censored by Traditional Media, Empowered by Social Media In her talk, Nicole will share her professional background, blogging and social media trajectory, as well as her journalist/author trajectory. In addition, she will discuss the election, including a recent article she wrote that […]

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Deb Nicholson: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us

Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us Deb Nicholson Community Outreach Director for the Open Invention Network O’Reilly Open Source Award Winner Founding organizer of the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference Software Freedom Conservancy’s Evaluation Committee Patents, copyrights and trademarks form a trio of legal tools often referred to as “intellectual property” law. […]

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NMC 2016 Kenote

MAGIC is proud to welcome our friend and colleague, Dr. Constance Steinkuehler, to give the plenary address at NMC 2016.  Dr. Steinkuehler is an international expert in games and learning, and among many other accolades is the Co-Director of the Games+Learning+Society Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she is also an Associate Professor of Curriculum and […]

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MAGIC at GDC 2016

MAGIC Spell Studios and the RIT MAGIC Center are once again hosting a booth at the international Game Developer’s Conference.  Director Phelps will be presenting on student IP issues and the studio model along with faculty affiliate and IGM Associate Professor Owen Gottlieb , MAGIC Associate Director Stephen Jacobs is heavily engaged with IGDA and […]

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MAGIC @ GDC2015

We’re heading off to the Game Developer’s Conference, showcasing some amazing games and the work of MAGIC Spell Studios! If you’re on the floor in San Francisco, please stop by and check out the talented work our students, alumni, faculty and staff. This year we are showcasing A.V., a game created by recent alumni that […]

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