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UConn Breaks Ground on New Engineering and Science Building

Connecticut Public Radio | By The Associated Press
Published September 9, 2015 at 4:14 PM EDT
Peter Morenus
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UConn
Rep. Gregg Haddad, President Susan Herbst, Gov. Dannel Malloy, Board of Trustees Chairman Larry McHugh, Rep. Tim Ackert, and other dignitaries break ground for UConn's engineering and science building on Sept. 9.

The University of Connecticut has broken ground for a new $95 million engineering and science building.

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An architect's rendering of UConn's new engineering and science building seen from above.

Gov. Dannel Malloy joined UConn president Susan Herbst and other dignitaries for the Wednesday ceremony at the site of the planned 118,000-square-foot building. It is designed to house laboratories for UConn'sgenomics, biomedical, chemical engineering, and cyber system research programs.

The building is being paid for using $60 million from the21st Century UConnexpansion projectand $35 million from the Next Generation Connecticut project, which is designed to expand educational opportunities, research, and innovation in the science, technology, engineering, and math.

School officials say the building will feature an open floor layout designed to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and to allow scientists to share both knowledge and lab equipment.
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