The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) celebrated the beginning of its $15.2-million Life Science Building renovation on January 26, 2006. When it opens in fall of 2007, the 76,740-gsf facility will house space for the College of Pharmacy, Duluth on the first and second floors. Dubbed the Paddock Laboratories Pharmacy Education Center, it will consist of five classrooms, two large labs, study space, computer labs, and a student lounge.
The renovated Life Sciences building will also house UMD Department of Biology facilities on the ground and third floors including: six new instructional laboratories for plant and animal science courses; chemical preparation and storage areas; wet and dry animal collections; a laboratory preparation room; greenhouse preparation areas; two research laboratories; and offices for faculty, staff, and graduate students.
