Anderson says the center will be the "social and intellectual hub" of the chemistry department.
"It will not only be a meeting place but it will also have a revolving presentation of student research across the department to introduce different areas of chemistry," he says.
The new lobby is expected to be complete before school begins in the fall, but the student center--a much larger project--will be done by January.
Not only can students socialize in the laboratory, but the department is also subsidizing the occasional night on the town for its graduate students.
"We are happy that we can go out and the department will pick up the bill," says Joshua M. Finkelstein, a first-year chemistry graduate student.
The Right Solution?
Faculty members say that they fully support Anderson's decisions and that they are pleased with the University for allocating more funds for the important goal of improving student life.
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