Science/Math building fuels collaboration
UNM has an $18.5 million stake in the 2006 Bond B for Education, which voters have the opportunity to approve on the Nov. 7 ballot. Existing biology and chemistry labs at UNM are more than 30 years old and seriously outdated. Bond B would provide an additional $7 million to make a Science and Math Center a reality.
Besides biology and chemistry, mathematics, natural science and earth and planetary sciences will benefit.
“These represent areas with the highest enrollment,” said Vera Norwood, interim dean, College of Arts and Sciences. “Students taking pre-med, biology, chemistry and math will all be using this building. We could have upwards of 700 students in the building at any given point in time,” Norwood said.
The facility is slated to include:
• Biology, chemistry and earth and planetary science labs and classrooms
• Three computer classrooms
• Visualization lab for math
• Auditorium to seat 200
• Math faculty offices. Bond B will allocate nearly $118 million for higher education capital improvements.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey (505) 277-1889; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at October 30, 2006 09:12 AM