One of the key underlying principles of the Center is the notion of presence: artists, engineers, technologists, and makers of all kinds are particular about their space. It is their creative home, their touch-stone, their studio. While the Center works with affiliate faculty from all across the university, the core services of the center are all centrally located in and amongst the various functions described above. The offices of the Director, Assistant Director, the Operations Manager, and the Lab Manager & Systems Specialist are all centrally present, available, and open. Our support network in the Office of Sponsored Research is only one floor away, just below much needed services from Government and Community Relations and the Office of Legal Affairs. The building is also connected to our colleagues in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences that includes the resources and infrastructure of the School of Interactive Games & Media, which is the academic home of several of the affiliate faculty. Thus, MAGIC is ‘in the center’ of everything, both figuratively and physically, and acts as a collaborative and active meeting ground for all of our constituents.
