Renovation of the Departments of Psychology and Environmental Science

巴纳德学院成立于1889年，是一所独立的女子本科学院，隶属于哥伦比亚大学。 它的历史以其学生的成就和本科生的质量而闻名。 学院对科学的承诺是实质性的，这反映在攻读博士学位的毕业生的成功上。心理学系是女性科学家的多产者之一，具有杰出的教师研究传统和教育女性科学家的令人印象深刻的记录。 该部门的许多成就都归功于综合神经科学项目的优势。 尽管该计划取得了成功，但它正处于失去动力的状态。 米尔班克大厅建于1949年，目前的设施严重限制了现在，并威胁到未来，在认知，感知，记忆，学习和行为发展领域的研究和研究培训计划。 环境科学系也是一个最近成立并迅速扩大的项目，尽管设施陈旧，但正在经历急剧的增长。目前的实验室禁止教师和学生进行气候变化和水和空气中污染物的地球化学问题的研究，核心教师的研究。 ARI的资金将用于搬迁和升级综合神经科学计划的研究实验室，并用于翻新Altschul和Milbank霍尔斯环境部占用的现有研究空间。 翻修将包括：增加电力以维持研究需求，改善暖通空调和管道系统，并安装两个通风柜。 随着翻新，巴纳德将能够保持和推进学院在心理学方面的强大研究和研究培训记录;同时使环境科学系能够为其教师和学生提供实现其他科学杰出记录所需的设施。 这些改进将使巴纳德学院能够实现其长期目标，即为科学研究提供必要的资源，并为女本科生提供进行研究的重要机会。

Barnard College, founded in 1889, is an independent undergraduate college for women affiliated with Columbia University. Its history is distinguished by the accomplishments of its students and by the quality of its undergraduates. The College-s commitment to the sciences is substantial, which is reflected by the success of graduates who have pursue the doctorate degree. The Psychology Department, one of the prolific producers of women scientists, has an eminent tradition of faculty research and an impressive record of educating women scientists. Many of the department-s achievements can be attributed to the strengths of the integrative neuroscience program. Though successful, the program is in a position of losing its momentum. Present facilities in Milbank Hall, built in 1949, severely limit the present, and threaten the future, research and research training programs in the area of cognition, perception, memory, learning and behavioral development. Also home to the Environmental Science Department, a more recently established and rapidly expanding program, is experiencing dramatic growth despite outmoded facilities. Current laboratories prohibit faculty and students from conducting research on issues of climatic change and the geochemistry of water and air-born pollutants, central to faculty research. ARI funds will be used to relocate and upgrade research labs for the integrative neuroscience program and for renovating existing research space occupied by the Environmental Department in Altschul and Milbank Halls. Renovations will consist of: increasing electrical power to sustain research needs, improving HVAC and plumbing systems, and installing two fume hoods. With the renovations, Barnard will be in a position to maintain and advance the College-s strong research and research training record in Psychology; while enabling the Environmental Science Department to provide its faculty and students with the facilities required to achieve the distinguished record of the other sciences. These improvements will allow Barnard to meet its long-term goals of providing the necessary resources for scientific research and of offering undergraduate women significant opportunities to conduct research.