Sustaining and Revitalizing Research Facilities: Electrical System Upgrade in the Olmsted Hall of Biological Sciences

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。瓦萨学院是一所本科文理学院，拥有支持教师研究的悠久传统，并致力于在科学研究的理论和实践方面教育学生，将通过全面升级电气服务和更换瓦萨最大的科学大楼奥姆斯特德生物科学厅的应急发电机，继续进行研究和研究培训的转型。这将确保为当前设备、未来基础设施升级、复杂的新设备和增强的计算能力提供足够的电力。电气服务升级将支持14名目前终身任职的生物学教职员工的研究，其中包括过去5年聘用的5名教职员工，他们都有积极而充满活力的研究项目。此外，升级将支持未来三到五年内新员工的工作。与其他科学部门共享并位于奥姆斯特德大厅的核心研究设施将成为更新电力服务的直接受益者。此外，奥姆斯特德大厅的电气服务升级将使该建筑成为综合科学中心的核心。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Vassar College, an undergraduate liberal arts college with a long tradition of supporting faculty research and a commitment to educating students in the theory and practice of scientific research, will continue the transformation of research and research training by completely upgrading the electrical service and replacing the emergency electrical generator in Vassar's largest science building, the Olmsted Hall of the Biological Sciences. This will assure adequate electrical power for current equipment, future infrastructure upgrades, sophisticated new equipment, and increased computational power. The electrical service upgrade will support the research of fourteen current tenure line biology faculty members, including five hired in the past five years, all of whom have active and vibrant research programs. In addition, the upgrade will support the work of new hires that are anticipated in the next three to five years. Core research facilities that are shared with other science departments and that are housed in Olmsted Hall will be direct beneficiaries of the updated electrical service. Furthermore, the electrical service upgrade of Olmsted Hall will prepare the building to serve as the core of an integrated science center.