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Colorado State University Completes Chemistry/Biological Sciences Labs
Colorado State University celebrated the completion of the $16-million Chemistry/Biological Sciences Instructional Labs on October 11. Designed by OZ Architecture, a firm with studios in Denver, Boulder, and Summit County, the 78,000-sf building forms a dramatic arched bridge connecting the existing Chemistry and Anatomy/Zoology buildings and acts as a new campus gateway.
Purdue University Develops Rawls Hall
PurdueUniversity is developing the 130,000-sf Jerry S. Rawls Hall, the centerpiece in the Krannert School of Management’s $55-million “Krannert at the Frontier” campaign. The four-story project will house electronically equipped classrooms, a professional career center, a multimedia-based auditorium, computer labs, distance learning facilities, and a reception area.
Purdue University Creates E-Library
PurdueUniversity is renovating the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Library, converting 60,000-sf to an advanced “Electronic Library”. The Walter and Saraellen Veon Electronic Reference Center, the centerpiece of the library, will contain a visitor service desk and a general study area housing 48 computers. The Center for Scholarly Communication will house electronic equipment to assist research and multimedia presentation. The main entry to the 18,000-sf ground floor will also be relocated. The facility is expected to open in February of 2003, with a grand re-opening in April.
Purdue University Builds Entrepreneurship Center
PurdueUniversity is building the Burton D. Morgan Center, a 31,000-sf entrepreneurship center and incubator housing The Purdue Engineering Projects in Community Service, the New Venture Lab, the Innovation Realization Lab, and the Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurial Competition. The project will include construction of a 72-seat lecture hall, a presentation room, and several conference and break-out rooms. The center will be used by multidisciplinary graduate and undergraduate students engaged in new product conceptualization, research marketing, and technological problem solving.
Purdue University Develops Civil High Performance Structures Lab
Purdue Universityis developing the Bowen Civil High Performance Structures Lab, a large-scale laboratory for the Civil Engineering department.