$275K Renovation Project Under Way  

In keeping with the efforts afoot to improve undergraduate teaching and learning, three Introductory Biology teaching laboratories are being remodeled with the aim of integrating the traditional laboratory experience with computer-based small-group problem solving. In the renovated laboratories, students, working in groups of three, will be able to use computers to simulate biological phenomena, to acquire data and images by means of analog-to-digital interfaces and digital cameras, to summarize data by generating charts and graphs, and to analyze data statistically. The presentation of data will be facilitated by projection systems that will be installed in the new laboratories. 
The laboratory remodeling project, scheduled to be completed in the Fall 1998 semester, was made possible by funds from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ($100,000) and the University ($175,000).