SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
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Nick, Behrend Building Renovations Benefit Students More construction projects are under way for the 2000-2001 academic year. Nick 74, the last of the old biology teaching laboratories, and two preparation and experiment rooms, will be gutted and renovated this summer. The new facility will consist of a modern introductory biology laboratory, a research laboratory, an aquarium room, and two offices. It will provide state-of-the-art teaching space for the introductory biology courses, including access to computer instruction at every lab bench. The research space will ease space pressures on the growing biology faculty. This summer will also see renovation of the Otto Behrend Science Building. The entire building will be air-conditioned, and classrooms will get new lighting, ceilings, and, in some cases, floors. Chemistry, physics, and geoscience laboratories will also be spruced up with new paint, lighting, and ceilings, plus repair of the laboratory furniture. Finally, we greatly look forward to the construction of the Mehalso Observatory (also this summer), which is described in an accompanying news item. The new telescope and dome will be placed about 50 feet from the present dome, which has been a landmark on the campus for more than twenty years. With two telescopes in domes, Behrend will have first-rate facilities for class and public observing events, and for student research. |