Life Sciences Building

The new Life Sciences Building contained modern department offices, laboratories, classrooms, and a marine biology museum. The building has played a major role in the life of scientific scholarship at the university and continual repairs have maintained its modernity and quality.

Listed below are additional highlights in the history of the building:

• 1976, research labs renovated.
• 1977-8, $500,000 renovation completed creating additional space for research animals.
• 1982-3, major renovations completed. Improvements include replacing the concrete and stone panels on outside of the building.
• 1987, $470,000 renovation completed. Improvements include construction of a new roof, as well as renovation of the offices of biological sciences, three labs, and exterior masonry work.
• 2001, design work started for center steps and masonry improvements.
• 2002, complete renovation of life sciences room 515 from a classroom to a research laboratory to study ice core samples from the Polar Regions. Cost of project is $330,000.
• 2003, Aviary for Biological Science Department.
• 2009, renovations on laboratories.