Club DJ Classroom and Lab
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Room 715
This smart classroom features 15 Serato/Traktor workstations and three portable Club DJ Serato/Traktor workstations with flash recorders for hands-on experience during class time. If you're taking related classes, you can reserve the room for practice and to complete assignments.Read More
Collaborative Space
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, 2nd Floor| Room 227
The space was redesigned in 2019 to allow courses in communication, Journalism, PR, advertising, strategic Communication, and civic media to build a learning environment in supporting student‐centered, agency‐based models of learning. The design of the room allows a deeper engagement in socially-responsive, team-based problem solving, and moving inquiry-based models of connected learning to the center of our curriculum.Read More
Columbia Chronicle Newsroom
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, 2nd Floor
The student-run Columbia Chronicle newsroom is a state-of-the-art facility for the production of the award-winning newspaper and its website. The Newsroom houses the most advanced equipment used to gather and report news in print, online, and social media.Read More
Fabrication Facility
623 S. Wabash Ave., 10th Floor
Experience 15,000 square feet of state-of-the-art equipment in Columbia’s central making space. With the latest machines, power tools, and equipment, you can create everything from jewelry to 3D models to furniture in one collaborative space. Read More
Fabrication Lab
This center for research in electronics, physical computing, tactile media and advanced imaging includes a computer-controlled laser cutter, large-format printer, solder stations, motion sensors, electronics components (transistors, resistors) and a robotics locker.
HAUS
HAUS functions both as a hangout and study area for students, as well as an events space. The room has a nightclub feel, with a small stage for concerts, comedy acts and readings.Read More
High-Tech ASL Lab
The High-Tech Lab has a Sony Soloist Language Lab system that can be used for recording ASL, as well as interpreting class work or homework. It features a teacher console for monitoring student progress. The lab is flexible and facilitates a wide variety of courses and student needs.
Letterpress Studio
Equipped with Vandercook presses and two Kelsey platen presses, our excellent letterpress printing facilities also house a Shniedewend Washington-style hand press, American French Tool Etching Press and a Heidelberg Windmill. We maintain a growing collection of wood and metal type. We have approximately 400 cases of metal type and 130 cases of wood type, as well as 20 cases of 19th century wood type.
Low-Tech ASL Lab
The Low-Tech Lab is an ASL-only environment where students can meet to do homework, work with Deaf tutors, or read Deafness or ASL-related books from our resource library.
The Makerspace
754 S. Wabash Ave., 2nd Floor
The Makerspace is a student-centered arts, crafts, and fabrication studio that encourages and supports student creativity outside the classroom during the academic year. The Makerspace exists to promote hands-on skill development and foster a sense of community among makers. The Makerspace offers a wide variety of tools, materials, and workshops within a large dynamic space for students to collaborate, prototype, learn new making skills, and practice hobbies. Read More
Media Production Center
1600 S. State St.
Learn, collaborate, and create in our 35,500-square-foot, professional-quality media-making space with three film production soundstages, prep and production spaces, and classrooms. Read MoreOffset Printing Studio
The Center owns a Heidelberg GTO; each year, two graduate offset fellows have the opportunity to apprentice in this studio.
Open Lab
916 S. Wabash Ave.
This major hub of student work and research includes three dozen computer workstations with superb hardware performance and the latest in high-end media production and application development software and game engines.Read More
WCRX 88.1 FM
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, 1st floor
WCRX (88.1 FM) is Columbia’s student-run and operated FM radio station, broadcasting in the heart of the nation's third largest radio market and streaming to the world. WCRX has an impressive array of modern radio technology and services including various broadcast, production, and news studios, remote broadcast facilities, full Associated Press Radio services, and heavily integrated student-run social media and web presences.Read More