University of South Dakota Dedicates Health Science Building

The University of South Dakota dedicated the Andrew E. Lee Memorial Medicine and Science Building in Vermillion in September of 2008. Part of the Sanford School of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences, the facility houses technology-rich faculty research laboratories, classrooms, and offices. Providing space for the Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences and the Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy departments, the 156,700-sf building is comprised of two three-story wings, the Medical Education Wing and the Graduate Education and Research Wing, linked by a central atrium. The project features 37 laboratory suites; 28 faculty offices; 21 classrooms; 10 conference rooms; four teaching labs; a 222-seat auditorium, two student lounges; and a five-room clinical examination suite. The project broke ground in 2004.