Clemson to dedicate new Life Sciences Facility Friday

Published: February 5, 2013

The Life Sciences Facility will be dedicated Friday. image by: Jonathan Hillyer

CLEMSON — Clemson University officials will dedicate the new 100,000-square-foot Life Sciences Facility on campus in a public ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday. The $50 million facility has been designed for a new era of collaborative, interdisciplinary research and education for the College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences.

The facility has 25 laboratories, organized by research clusters that focus on emerging pathogens, cancer prevention and cure, microbiology and food safety, and an advanced-imaging suite

“The goal of the College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences is to become a new model for a life-based, interdisciplinary college for the 21^st century,” said Tom Scott, dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences.

The architects were Perkins+Will of Atlanta and the builders were DPR Construction, also of Atlanta.

Friday’s public events include:

• 10-11 a.m. Celebrating the Life Sciences: A Colloquium for Scientists in the McKissick Theatre in the Hendrix Student Center
• 1 p.m. Dedication Ceremony, Life Sciences Facility
• 1:30-3:30 p.m. Self-guided tours of the facility

The new facility is located adjacent to the Poole Agriculture Center near the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. 

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