Benedict College Science Research Renovation (Relocation) Project

本尼迪克特学院是南卡罗来纳州的一所历史悠久的黑人学院，是ARI基金的接受者，用于翻新生物和化学研究以及研究培训设施。生物和物理科学系在培养代表性不足的科学家方面发挥了重要作用，为了维持这一课程，必须改善物质基础设施。校友大厅建于20世纪60年代中期，是大多数实验室所在部门的所在地。由改进的教室组成的分散空间，在研究和教学活动之间共享，将被合并、搬迁和升级为指定的研究实验室。资金将用于重新配置空间，拆除石棉，升级公用设施基础设施，并在建筑物中安装通风柜，工作柜和长凳。这些翻新需要支持集中在分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学、分析和环境化学方面的研究项目。完成后，该项目将为仪器和技术提供现代化的空间，以支持当前和未来的研究和培训活动。受益人包括5名教师和他们的学生，他们将使用5个研究实验室，一个研究培训设施，以及由冷室，组织培养室和存储空间组成的研究支持实验室。将分散的空间集中在一个集中的位置，可以更有效地促进设备和设施的共享使用，并促进协作项目。这个项目将增加学院吸引、保留和发展高素质教师的潜力；招收和留住成绩优异的学生，增加少数民族学生进入研究生院并取得成功，并随后将研究作为职业。

Benedict College, a Historically Black College in South Carolina, is the recipient of ARI funds to renovate biology and chemistry research and research training facilities. The Department of Biology and Physical Sciences has been instrumental in producing under-represented scientists, and in order to sustain this course, it is imperative that the physical infrastructure is improved. Alumni Hall, a structure constructed in the mid 1960's, is home to the department where the majority of the laboratories reside. Dispersed space consisting of modified classrooms, shared between research and instructional activities will be consolidated, relocated, and upgraded as designated research laboratories. Funds will be used to reconfigure space, remove asbestos, upgrade utility infrastructure, and install fume hood, casework and benches in the building. The renovations are required to support research programs that concentrate on molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and analytical and environmental chemistry. Upon completion, this project will provide modern space for instrumentation and technology to support present and future research and training activities. Beneficiaries include five faculty members and their students who will utilize five research laboratories, a research training facility, and research support laboratories consisting of a cold room, a tissue culture room, and storage space. Consolidating scattered space in a centralized location will promote shared usage of equipment and facilities more effectively, and facilitate collaborative projects. This project will increase the College's potential to attract, retain and develop a high caliber of faculty; recruit and retain high achieving students, and increase of number of minority students entering and succeeding in graduate school, and subsequently pursuing research as a career.