The George E. Bello Center for Information and Technology is a centerpiece of Bryant University’s campus. The Heidi and Walter Stepan Grand Hall serves as a space for exhibitions, receptions, and lectures, and has The Linda and Jerry Cerce Media Wall. A rotunda provides balconied meeting and study spaces. The 72,000-square-foot facility features the C.V. Starr Financial Markets Center, which simulates real-world trading scenarios and conditions that provide students with hands-on training. Students, faculty, and staff have access to high-speed computers to support teaching, research, and business planning.
Students may opt to use their Bryant-issued laptops, or they may borrow one on site. In addition, there are reference and multi-function classrooms that can accommodate up to 40 people with laptops, and 13 team study rooms. Each study room has a large display, wireless projection, laptop power, and network access for small group meetings. There is a Makerspace equipped with 3-D printers, a 65-inch touch display for collaborative work, a sewing machine, and a Cricut machine. For quiet study, there is a traditional reading room. Students also have access to presentation technologies, scanning, and digitization equipment. The Bulldog Bytes Café provides refreshments and computer access in a social setting.
The latest addition to the George E. Bello Center is the Data Visualization Lab, equipped with a large video wall consisting of six 85-inch displays, six high-performance virtual reality HP computers with 37-inch ultra-wide HP displays, two portable virtual reality backpack computers, virtual reality headsets, and 360-degree cameras.
