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Chamberlin Hall
At present, the
heart of the sciences at Beloit College is Chamberlin Hall — a
110,000-square-foot facility that offers science faculty and majors
their own office spaces. The building houses the biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics, and physics and astronomy departments.
Students can use a wide variety of sophisticated equipment,
including: a scanning electron microscope, nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) spectrometer, ecological and geographical modeling laboratory,
and spectroscopy and molecular visualization labs. The Thompson
Observatory features a 22-inch telescope; a high-powered multi-media
lab offers CD-ROM press and a "smart board"
for presentations.
In 2006, the College broke ground on a new $30 million, 106,000 square-foot Center for the Sciences — a state-of-the-art science teaching and learning facility — that will open in the fall of 2008. Beloit College Magazine featured an article on this major project in its fall/winter 2005 issue.
Undergraduates here enjoy the Beloit science advantage, using hands-on,
research-based, interdisciplinary approaches to learning that emphasize
collaboration with faculty and peers. Many science majors team up
with a department mentor, who can help them with academics or in their
post-graduate interests. Significantly, Beloit College is recognized
as one of the top 50 U.S. colleges for producing scientists, and 20th
among all U.S. baccalaureate-granting institutions that produce students
who eventually earn doctorates. |
