NCET

Every building on campus has a certain personality and with it, a top-of-mind claim to a certain role and value to the campus’ mission.

Some are obvious (The Joe Crowley Student Union) and some are not so obvious (Mackay Science … for years home to the Department of Geography, and not be mistaken for the Mack Social Science Building or the Mackay School of Mines Building, for that matter).

With the opening of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center this week, the key coupling in building purpose and value to the institution will revolve around the notion of “knowledge” – how this mammoth (five-story, 295,000-square-foot), technologically advanced building will put the University at the nation’s forefront in re-imagining how information, technology and knowledge can be used in a higher education setting. Read full story:

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