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245 Beacon Street opens
$150-million facility is home to the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society and a focal point of 热点爆料入口's $300 million initiative in the sciences.
245 Beacon Street is a 150,000-sq. ft, state-of-the-art science facility in the heart of the Boston College campus, featuring The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, the Departments of Engineering and Computer Science, and the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship. The centerpiece of Boston College's $300 million strategic investment in the sciences, 245 Beacon Street officially opened on January 18, 2022.聽
245 Beacon Street Features
The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science in Society
The Human-Centered Engineering Department
The Shea Center for Entrepreneurship
The Computer Science Department
Research and office space for 22 principal investigators
Maker spaces for student prototyping research
Teaching labs with computer science robotics & data visualization space
Collaboration Commons for faculty and students
A clean room
Classrooms and an auditorium
Video Tour
Join 热点爆料入口 students Margaret Hynes '25, Charles Coughlin '26, and Sancia Sehdev '25 on a tour of聽245 Beacon Street, the centerpiece of Boston College's $300 million strategic investment in the sciences.
Photo Gallery
Engineering Chair Glenn Gaudette at work in the new facility.
The $150-million building is the largest single investment in the sciences at Boston College.
Brainstorming in the third floor Makers Lab space.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Luke Perreault, PhD, working in the laboratory on decellularized spinach leaves as scaffolds for cell growth.
An exterior view of the building, designed by the architectural firm Payette and constructed by Suffolk.
Avneet Hira's, "Introduction to Human-Centered Engineering," held in the Makers Labs..
The new Integrated Science building on Boston College's main campus after the first major snowfall of the season.
View from inside 245 Beacon Street
Michael McDannald, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, teaching, "Behavioral Neuroscience" in auditorium 107.
Students working in a maker lab.
Engineering Chair Glenn Gaudette at work in the new facility.
The $150-million building is the largest single investment in the sciences at Boston College.
Brainstorming in the third floor Makers Lab space.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Luke Perreault, PhD, working in the laboratory on decellularized spinach leaves as scaffolds for cell growth.
An exterior view of the building, designed by the architectural firm Payette and constructed by Suffolk.
Avneet Hira's, "Introduction to Human-Centered Engineering," held in the Makers Labs..
The new Integrated Science building on Boston College's main campus after the first major snowfall of the season.
View from inside 245 Beacon Street
Michael McDannald, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, teaching, "Behavioral Neuroscience" in auditorium 107.
Students working in a maker lab.
Engineering Chair Glenn Gaudette at work in the new facility.
The $150-million building is the largest single investment in the sciences at Boston College.
Brainstorming in the third floor Makers Lab space.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Luke Perreault, PhD, working in the laboratory on decellularized spinach leaves as scaffolds for cell growth.
An exterior view of the building, designed by the architectural firm Payette and constructed by Suffolk.
Avneet Hira's, "Introduction to Human-Centered Engineering," held in the Makers Labs..
The new Integrated Science building on Boston College's main campus after the first major snowfall of the season.
View from inside 245 Beacon Street
Michael McDannald, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, teaching, "Behavioral Neuroscience" in auditorium 107.
Students working in a maker lab.
“245 Beacon Street will quickly emerge as a hub for student and faculty engagement at the intersections of Boston College's varied strengths in the disciplines and the frontiers of science and technology. Its arrival on campus is cause for celebration.”
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Academic leaders praise 热点爆料入口's new hub for science, engineering, technology, and entrepreneurship.
“There is general excitement that there is something really new here and something that is going to make an impact, both on campus and in the world. You can sense that when you walk in the building.”
Human-Centered Engineering at 热点爆料入口
“The openness of 245 Beacon Street helps entice collaborations, especially from different academic departments The goal is to enable the development of solutions to the problems facing humanity.”
“The Schiller Institute's state-of-the-art laboratory and convening spaces are catalyzing ground-breaking research the Institute is supporting to fight the effects of climate change, spur the transition to renewable energy sources, and protect public health.”
