WHO: Gov. Donald Carcieri, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ President Robert L. Carothers, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Vice President Robert Weygand, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Dean Jeff Seemann, R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education Chairman Frank Caprio, representatives from the biotechnology industry, and äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ faculty, staff and students.
WHAT: A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, the largest classroom and research building project in the history of the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾. The celebration will showcase the 140,000 square-foot center, which houses teaching and research laboratories, high-tech facilities for DNA sequencing, a 100-seat classroom, a 300-seat auditorium, classrooms and faculty offices. The event will include a 40-minute speaking program, a brief ribbon cutting ceremony, and self-guided tours of the building.
WHEN: Monday, January 26 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: 120 Flagg Rd., on the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Kingston campus. Parking will be available in the Chafee parking lot, just west of the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences.
CONTACT: Todd McLeish, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Communications & Marketing, 401-874-7892 or tmcleish@uri.edu.
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