University of Rhode Island getting an IMAX style “Visualization Auditorium”

A generous donor, Ernest Mario, has donated $500,000 to the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy to build a “visualization auditorium”.

The URI Foundation said the money would help pay for a 167-seat 3D “visualization auditorium ” which will use a projection system similar to an IMAX system to display molecular and anatomical images and data.

via Alum pledges $500,000 for new URI pharmacy building – Projo 7 to 7 News Blog | Rhode Island news | The Providence Journal.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .