Building Better Science By Micaela Myers
Studying things too small to see with the naked eye—such as fundamental interactions among atoms, molecules and cells that underlie next-generation technology—requires specialized equipment. The University of Wyoming’s state-of-the-art new Science Initiative Building, scheduled to open fall 2021 at the corner of Ninth and Lewis streets, will house two new research centers—the Center for Advanced Scientific Instrumentation (CASI) and the Center for Integrative Biological Research (CIBR). These will form an innovation nexus to stimulate external funding and research productivity and to train future science scholars, teachers and researchers. “We will probably have the largest, most sophisticated active-learning classroom in the nation in this building with 200-plus seats,” says Senior Lecturer and Science Initiative Director Mark Lyford says. Active learning creates better outcomes for students, including higher attendance and better pass rates.
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