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Auburn University Plans Health Science Facilities

Published 2/17/2016

Auburn University began construction in February of 2016 on two new health science facilities in Auburn, Ala. Designed to support advanced instruction in team-based healthcare, the $29 million School of Nursing will feature simulation labs, active learning classrooms, and spacious interdisciplinary teaching labs. The three-story, 89,000-sf building will also provide research space, faculty offices, conference rooms, a tiered auditorium, and a student lounge. The $16.6 million, 37,000-sf Pharmaceutical Research Building will house pharmaceutical and interdisciplinary research space, laboratories for principal investigators, departmental offices, and support. Both facilities are expected to open in fall of 2017.