New KU Geoscience Facility 'a Dream Decades in the Making'

摘要

Anew facility at the University of Kansas - and the philosophy behind it - are already generating new ideas and programs. The $78.5 million, 140,000-square-foot Earth Energy and Environment Center opened for classes in January and was formally dedicated in April. The state-of-the-art facility continues the university's embrace of a philosophy of integration in education, industry outreach and research in energy and environment, said Robert Goldstein, provost's special adviser on campus development and Haas distinguished professor in the Department of Geology. The design of the complex is open and transparent, bringing students and instructors closer together on a regular basis. Petroleum engineering and geoscience faculty and students in energy-related studies work together in the new facility.