Learn, discover, and innovate: VCU’s STEM building for 21-st century students

One building. Ten thousand students. Seventeen departments. Seventy STEM classes. This is the kind of interdisciplinary powerhouse building that will be launching the next generation of scientists, researchers, medical professionals, and educators into the workforce. Rich Sliwoski and Lauren bailey profile Virginia Commonwealth University’s new STEM facility designed to foster the connections and collaborations essential to success and interdisciplinary work. They set out VCU’s outlook on STEM education trends and project priorities, and illustrate how those translated to space allocations for state-of-the-art hands-on learning, team-based classrooms, computer labs, and large- and small-capacity flexible classrooms, wet and dry labs. They highlight features and amenities specifically designed to enhance the student experience.