UIC Opens New $43M Engineering Building
CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Illinois at Chicago has opened a new $43 million engineering facility.
The university held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 57,500-square-foot Engineering Innovation Building. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined University of Illinois President Tim Killeen and other officials as well as students and faculty for the event.
The long-awaited day is here. Today we celebrated the official opening of the Engineering Innovation Building!
— UIC Engineering (@UICEngineering) July 22, 2019
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The university says enrollment in engineering programs has skyrocketed. The College of Engineering now has an enrollment of more than 5,000 students. That's almost double what it was a decade ago.
Michael Amiridis is UIC chancellor. He says the facility will help attract top academic talent and strengthen ties with local business and industry.
Among the building's features is a high-bay structural research lab, where researchers and government agencies can test large-scale structural components such as roads and bridges.
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