Renovation of Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Facilities

米德尔伯里学院成立于1800年，位于佛蒙特州西部，致力于在包括科学在内的所有学科中取得卓越的学术成就。本科生与教师导师密切合作的研究是米德尔伯里科学教育的核心。在化学和生物化学系，这一点最为明显。在本科院校的背景下，教职员工致力于开展重大研究，这增加了攻读化学、生物化学和分子生物学的学生的数量。尽管研究和研究培训设施陈旧，但还是取得了成功。认识到这一需求，学院将在学术研究基础设施计划的支持下，翻新科学中心的化学和生化研究实验室空间。目前专门用于该部门的研究空间条件不合适，配置不佳，无法支持研究活动。翻新将包括整合目前分散在大楼各处的研究空间。将为所有主要分析仪器设立仪表室。所有实验室都将安装新的通风柜和通风储藏柜，提高实验室的安全性。翻新后的实验室将为更多的本科生提供进入现代研究空间的途径，并将大大改善师生研究的环境。这些修改将促进米德尔伯里大学教职员工和学生的科学成果的大量流动，并将有助于招募和培训未来的科学家。

Founded in 1800, Middlebury College, located in western Vermont, has committed itself to academic excellence in all disciplines, including the sciences. Research by undergraduate students, working in close collaboration with faculty mentors, is the centerpiece of science education at Middlebury. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The commitment of faculty, in carrying out significant research in the setting of an undergraduate institution, has increased of the number of students pursuing chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology. Success has come in spite of antiquated facilities for research and research training. Recognizing this need the college will renovate laboratory space in the Science Center for chemical and biochemical research with support from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program. Present conditions of research space dedicated to the department are inappropriate and poorly configured to support research activities. Renovations will include consolidating research space that is currently dispersed throughout the building. Instrumentation rooms will be created for all major analytical instruments. New fume hoods and ventilated storage cabinets will be located in all laboratories, improving laboratory safety. The renovated laboratories will provide access to modern research space for more undergraduate students and will substantially improve the environment for student-faculty research. These modifications will facilitate the substantial flow of scientific results from Middlebury faculty and students, and will contribute to the recruitment and training of future scientists.