UNT is putting the finishing touches on a four-story research building on Mulberry Street that will pull biology, chemistry, kinesiology, psychology and biomedical engineering work under one roof when students arrive in the spring semester.
The 100,000-square-foot Science and Technology Building was opened for a hard hat tour Oct. 9, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported Tuesday. Nearly all of it is given over to labs and hands-on research.
How it is paid for
The project is financed with tuition revenue bonds, money that state lawmakers must approve and that universities may spend only on instructional buildings. The Record-Chronicle reports that state lawmakers, during the 87th legislative session, approved $103.4 million of those bonds.
What goes where
The ground floor is aimed at students nearing graduation. They will do research there and work alongside startups and industry partners, and students will have the chance to launch companies built on their own research. That floor also holds a visualization lab where data is displayed on large screens.
Kinesiology and psychology researchers will share clinical space with rooms for assessing study participants and exercise equipment, and biomedical engineering students will work with robotics. Biologists get the second floor for research, and chemists the third. A makerspace with 3D printers is still under construction, and the building also includes meeting rooms, faculty offices and lounges.
