When students returned to TU for spring term, they found that campus had grown by
320,000 square feet. The Science Complex, which opened in February, is now TU’s largest
academic structure. It includes 50 teaching laboratories, 30 research laboratories,
50 classrooms, eight lecture halls, 10 collaborative student spaces, an outdoor classroom
leading to the Glen Arboretum, a rooftop greenhouse complex, a new planetarium and
an observatory.
See inside TU’s new Science Complex
Watch the video for a tour and check out the photo galleries below.
Tour the inside of the complex
The main atrium of the new Science Complex, the Science Commons. (Photo: Lauren Castellana)One of the dozens of teaching laboratories in the new Science Complex, outfitted with
state-of-the-art equipment. (Photo: Lauren Castellana)
One of the many research laboratories in the new Science Complex. Some of the research
labs, like this one, also have teaching equipment. (Photo: Lauren Castellana)
The Commons area, which Fisher College Dean David Vanko calls the heart of the building.
Historic Stephens and Newell halls reflected in the east side of the Science Complex.The new planetarium seats 50 to enjoy any of the shows and programming offered.The rooftop workspace offers views from one end of York Road to the other.Students in every major will be able to take courses in the new building, fulfilling
parts of TU’s Core Curriculum.
