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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.
Designed to be interdisciplinary, the centers bring together the science disciplines for collaborative research activities that will transform the way UW investigates and teaches science.
Renderings by GSG Architecture (Casper) and Perkins+Will (Seattle) show the new Science Initiative Building scheduled to open fall 2021.
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dr. CameLLia Okpodu
DR. OKPODU, AN ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTIST AND EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE STARTING AT UW ON JUNE 30, 2021.
“I am honored and ecstatic that I have been selected to serve as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming. I look forward to working with all stakeholders to support an environment in which our students can grow to meet the ever-changing demands of our local, national and international community.”
