Renovation of Research Facilities in Geology/Biology, Brooklyn College

纽约城市大学布鲁克林学院是ARI基金的接受者，用于翻新科学大楼英格索罗大厅。该建筑建于59年前，从未翻修过，是生物和地质学系的所在地。该项目是学院翻新工作的第二阶段，旨在改善以环境科学为重点的研究设施。具体地说，地质系专门研究粘土矿物和底栖无脊椎动物生态学和古生态学的研究实验室将得到翻新，以帮助将水生研究所和环境科学实验室的功能联系起来。这座桥将为两个部门就重要的地方和国家环境问题建立统一的研究地位提供基础。这种联系也将提高院系在古生物学和粘土矿学等更传统领域的研究地位。翻新包括通过升级电气和管道服务，安装新的通风柜，以及用新的实验室工作台来现代化三个实验室。将旧的制剂室改造为洁净室，并对岩石和沉积物处理实验室进行升级改造。一旦完成，改造后的空间将包含用于调查哈德逊河底栖生态的水族馆设施；清洁、准备、研究和储存无脊椎动物标本和沉积物的区域；还有一个装有计算机和分析工具的卫星室。该项目实现了几个目标：1)为地质学家和生物学家之间的新型研究互联提供基础设施；2)提高研究的有效性和效率；3)提供支持哈德逊河底栖环境研究所需的设施；4)巩固支持有意义的研究生研究和研究培训的能力。该机构位于城市环境中，为大量少数民族学生提供服务。为这些学生提供一流的研究设施，是吸引最优秀的学生、提高学生素质和确保他们在不断发展的地球和环境科学市场上具有竞争力的有效手段。

Brooklyn College of The City University of New York is the recipient of ARI funds for the renovation of the science building, Ingersoll Hall. Constructed 59 years ago and never renovated, the structure is home to the Departments of Biology and Geology. This project is the second phase of the College's renovation effort to improve research facilities focusing on environmental science. Specifically research laboratories in the Geology Department, devoted to the study of clay minerals and of benthic invertebrate ecology and paleoecology will be renovated to help link the functioning of the Aquatics Institute and Environmental Sciences laboratory. The bridge will provide a basis for mounting a unified research position within both departments with respect to important local and national environmental issues. This linkage will also improve the departments' research position in the more traditional areas of paleobiology and clay mineralogy. Renovations include modernizing three laboratories by upgrading electrical and plumbing services, installing new fume hoods, and replacing lab benches with new ones. An old preparation room will be converted into a clean room, and the rock and sediment processing lab will be upgraded. Once completed, the renovated space will contain aquarium facilities for investigating Hudson River benthic ecology; areas for cleaning, preparation, study, and storage of invertebrate specimens and sediments; and a satellite room housing computer and analytic tools. This project accomplishes several goals: 1) provides an infrastructure for novel research interconnections between geologists and biologists; 2) improves effectiveness and efficiency of research; 3) provides facilities needed to support studies on Hudson River benthic environments: and 4) consolidates the ability to support meaningful graduate student research and research training. Located in an urban setting, the institution serves a large population of minority students. Providing first class research facilities for such students constitutes an effective means of attracting the best of these students, promoting higher quality, and ensuring their competitiveness in the evolving marketplace in the earth and environmental sciences.