Large lab area.
At the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, researchers are using science and technology to search for solutions to society’s most pressing challenges, while educating the next generation of science leaders.
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Summer 2021 Construction Update
Large lab area.
Auditorium with stadium seating.
Auditorium with stadium seating.
Central stairwell.
Central stairwell.
Cafe and collaboration space.
Cafe and collaboration space.
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new faculty
150,000
s.f. science center to house Schiller Institute
2019
construction began
$300 M
University investment in the sciences
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The new facility will feature office and laboratory space for researchers, including engineering faculty, and teaching laboratories that will include computer science robotics and data visualization space. Maker spaces will give students hands-on experiences in prototyping research, a clean room, and a collaboration commons.
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The new facility will include space for BC’s Computer Science Department and Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship, as well as classrooms for its core courses, all of which will foster faculty and student cooperation across departments and schools, strengthen teaching and research in the sciences, and enhance the University’s ability to advance the common good through research focused on pressing global problems.
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The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society will be the centerpiece of a new 150,000 square-foot science facility. Construction began in the spring of 2019 and the estimated cost is $160 million.
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The new building will represent the largest single investment in the sciences at Boston College. To date, more than $120 million has been raised for the facility and the institute.