Barbara J. Burger iZone

We had the absolute best time teaming up with the for another incredible drop-in art session at iZone!
From carving custom rubber stamps and pressing buttons to designing unique stickers, you all proved that everyone truly is an artist. 🖌️💛
Swipe through to see some of our favorite moments, smiling faces, and amazing creations from the afternoon!

If you missed this one, don't worry—we’re always cooking up new ways to create, connect, and collaborate. Stay tuned to our page so you don't miss the next one!

Pitch Imperfect this year was pure chaos and creativity, and our presenters absolutely crushed it! 🎤💥
Thirty brave students took the stage to deliver a passionate presentation with a slide deck they had never seen before. Congrats to our winners, and thank you to everyone who came to support their friends! A huge shout out to our judges and Pitch Imperfect event-planning team!
Swipe through to see some of our favorite moments.📸

CulinariZone was a success!
We teamed up with the RIT Center for Urban Entrepreneurship to bring the incredible Degwanda Gause (Chef Dede) from DDEggs & More right to campus! 🍳🔥
Our students got a front-row seat to a live cooking demonstration, dived into the rich cultural history of soul food, and shared a tasting of delicious fried chicken, baked mac & cheese, and seasoned collard greens.
Shoutout to Chef Dede for inspiring our students and showing us what community engagement is all about! 🙌

Wrapping up with our final four Make-It-Happen winners!

Congrats to ALL 12 of this year’s recipients, we are so proud of what youmve created and can’t wait to see where you’ll go.

Feeling inspired? Keep an eye out for next year’s application, your idea could be next.

✨ Round two of our Make-It-Happen winners!

Four more student innovators who pitched big and earned the funding to back it up. Head to our page if you missed the first post, and stay tuned because one more round is coming!

🎉 Spotlight on our Make-It-Happen winners !

After months of preparation, we’re proud to announce the first four recipients of this year’s grant. From a student-produced film to AI budgeting tools, these ideas are no joke. Stay tuned for our next two posts to meet all 12 winners!

Think you’ve got the next big idea? Applications open again in the Fall. 🚀

That’s a wrap on MIH Night!💡

In April, our Make-It-Happen grant winners came together to celebrate and showcase their projects after months of preparation and hard work. Whether they’ve already executed their idea or are still bringing it to life, we couldn’t be more proud of how far they’ve come.

April was a busy month at iZone! Check out what we’ve been up to🚀

🌟Our Karp Library Changemaking Fellow, Gabi, led a design thinking workshop to identify the needs of students transitioning from precollege to their first year.

🌟Our iZonies met with Alum Charlie Norris before he headed off to lead a Medallion workshop on Cognitive Complexity & Interpersonal Competence.

🌟Students in CASC 161: Building Impactful Ideas, used the skills they learned that semester to lead a systems-thinking workshop on food insecurity for community partners.

🌟Our Hybrid Course Instructor collaborated with the Learning Initiatives department to organize a UN SDG workshop focused on tackling climate change and food insecurity.

So much learning and creating happening in our space as we wrap up the semester! Thank you to everyone who got involved!