Renovation and Replacement of Psychology Research Facilities

瓦萨学院是该国首屈一指的本科文科学院之一，是ARI资金的接受者，用于Blodgett Hall的研究和研究培训空间的翻新和更换。 建于1927年，Blodgett大厅设有六个部门，包括心理学系，这是现代化项目的目标受益者。 作为一个学术领域，心理学在应用科学方法研究行为及其生理和环境相关性方面变得越来越复杂和技术复杂。 Blodgett Hall的现有空间安排不灵活或效率低下，缺乏所需的实验室设施，阻碍了研究进展。虽然不利于支持研究活动，该部门已设法保持积极的师生研究合作，高质量的科学仪器，并为学生提供广泛的研究培训课程，体现了严格的计划。 翻新的重点是三个实验室套房的重新配置和现代化的研究密集领域：生理学和动物行为;人类神经心理学，认知和感知;和社会，个性和发展心理学。 这些研究领域的更换和翻新将巩固动物宿舍，使它们完全符合联邦和州的指导方针，为仪器设备创造一个支持设施，并为教师和学生提供更好的无障碍空间。 该项目将对确保教师研究和本科生研究培训计划的未来质量产生巨大影响。 作为Blodgett Hall总体改造计划的一部分，改进后的心理学研究设施将确保教师保持活跃和富有成效的研究学者，从而能够招聘最高水平的新教师。 反过来，Vassar将继续努力培养和激励行为和神经科学领域的下一代专业人士。

Vassar College, one of the premier undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the country, is the recipient of ARI funds for the renovation and replacement of research and research training space in Blodgett Hall. Constructed in 1927, Blodgett Hall houses six departments, including the Psychology Department, which is the target beneficiary of the modernization project. As an academic field, psychology has become progressively more complex and technologically sophisticated in its application of the scientific method to the study of behavior and its physiological and environmental correlates. The existing space arrangement in Blodgett Hall is not flexible or efficient, lacks required laboratory utilities, and impedes research progress. Though not conducive for supporting research activities, the department has managed to maintain a rigorous program exemplified by active student-faculty research collaborations, quality scientific instrumentation, and a wide range of research training courses for students. The renovation focuses on the reconfiguration and modernization of three laboratory suites in the research intensive areas of: physiology and animal behavior; human neuropsychology, cognition, and perception; and social, personality, and developmental psychology. The replacement and renovation of these research areas will consolidate animal quarters and bring them into full compliance with federal and state guidelines, create a support facility for instrumentation, and improved, accessible spaces for faculty and students. This project will have an enormous impact on ensuring the future quality of faculty research and undergraduate research training programs. As part of the master renovation plan for Blodgett Hall, the improved psychology research facilities will ensure that faculty members remain active and productive research scholars, enabling the recruitment of the highest caliber of new faculty. In turn, Vassar will sustain its efforts to train and excite the next generation of professionals in the behavior and neural sciences.