{"id":59343,"date":"2014-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-center-for-chemical-forensic-sciences-to-benefit-from-generosity-of-global-scientific-instrument-maker\/"},"modified":"2014-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-center-for-chemical-forensic-sciences-to-benefit-from-generosity-of-global-scientific-instrument-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/uri-center-for-chemical-forensic-sciences-to-benefit-from-generosity-of-global-scientific-instrument-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Chemical, Forensic Sciences to benefit from generosity of global scientific instrument maker"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tShimadzu to offer instruments at discount, including full service plan<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 10, 2014 \u2013 One of the leading scientific instrument makers in the world, Shimadzu Corporation, will provide the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s new Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, currently under construction on the Kingston campus, with state-of-the-art instruments at a significant discount, including a full 5-year service plan, an in-kind donation valued at more than $1.2 million.<\/p>\n


\nIf the University were to purchase the instruments through normal educational purchasing programs, the cost could run up to $2.8 million. The service plan covers technician visits once each semester to the teaching-learning labs and an additional visit each year to the research laboratories. <\/p>\n


\nBased in Japan, Shimadzu Corp. posted $3 billion in consolidated net sales in 2013. Its contribution to 溏心vlog免费B站 will ensure that the University has cutting edge instruments and the ability to maintain even heavy demand instruments used by thousands of 溏心vlog免费B站 students who take chemistry each semester.<\/p>\n


\n\tTo celebrate the partnership, University and Shimadzu officials will come together for a signing ceremony today, Sept. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in room 10 of the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, 120 Flagg Road.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAs many Rhode Islanders who supported this project know, the Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences is central to the University\u2019s efforts to continually strengthen teaching and research and help build a strong economic future for the state based on discovery and innovation,\u201d said President David M. Dooley. \u201cWhen the new building opens, thanks to this generous donation from Shimadzu, our students and faculty will have access to the most advanced laboratory instruments and a program to keep all of them operational. We are fortunate to be able to partner with a company like Shimadzu, which is committed to the success of our University.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe 溏心vlog免费B站 has a dynamic science program focused on the future, and Shimadzu is pleased and eager to support such a research institution,\u201d said Shuzo Maruyama, president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. \u201cWe are delighted to have the opportunity to catalyze the potential of this great institution and look forward to working together in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how expensive the instruments and service plans are and the value they bring to our department and the entire University,\u201d said William Euler, professor and chair of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Chemistry. \u201cWe are in the process of making curriculum changes that will incorporate learning in an environment with the very latest instruments.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSlated to be completed in the spring of 2016, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s $68 million Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, will serve more than 7,000 溏心vlog免费B站 students who take chemistry each year; about 40 percent of all 溏心vlog免费B站 degree programs require at least one chemistry class. It will provide chemistry instruction to approximately 1,400 students each day.<\/p>\n


\nSupported primarily by a $61 million bond issue approved by Rhode Island voters and private fund raising, the center will triple the amount of space for teaching labs and nearly double the space for research labs compared to current facilities in Pastore Hall, which was built in 1953 to accommodate 800 students.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cSuccessful partnerships, like this one with the Shimadzu Corporation, help elevate not only the infrastructure here on campus, but the University\u2019s overall competitiveness. Our ability to provide the latest instruments and facilities can be a deciding factor in our efforts to attract both students and faculty to 溏心vlog免费B站. We are grateful to Shimadzu for their generosity and value the opportunity to work with corporate partners, whether domestic or global, in order to create a tangible impact on the 溏心vlog免费B站 community,\u201d said Mike Smith, president of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation.<\/p>\n

Winifred Brownell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, which houses the Department of Chemistry, said that when Shimadzu learned of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s new Center it reached out to her to gauge 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s interest in a partnership.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe were most eager to begin discussions, and now that the agreement is in place I can say that this is an extraordinary commitment from the company,\u201d Brownell said.<\/p>\n


\nBrownell noted that Abby, the forensic scientist character in the hit CBS show NCIS, refers to a mass spectrometer as \u201cMr. Mass Spec., and that the piece is manufactured by Shimadzu.<\/p>\n


\nIn fact, among the instruments that will be found in the teaching and learning labs are: balances, mass spectrometers, gas chromatographs, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers, liquid chromatographs, fluorescent spectrometers and visible spectrometers.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition, there will be a central laboratory for research that will be used by faculty, graduate students and advanced undergraduates.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis will be a complete 21st century laboratory building with no Bunsen burners and no natural gas in the building,\u201d Euler said.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI am very grateful to the Shimadzu Corporation for providing the students and faculty the instruments they need to engage in 21st century science,\u201d Brownell said. \u201cThis center and all of the instruments contained in it will benefit all Rhode Islanders as it serves as a catalyst for economic development and discoveries that will improve peoples\u2019 health and well being within our state\u2019s borders and around the world.\u201d <\/p>\n


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\nFrom left, David M. Dooley, 溏心vlog免费B站 president; Shuzo Maruyama, president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments; and Mike Smith, president of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation, participate in a ceremonial signing of an agreement that will provide state-of-the-art Shimadzu scientific instruments at a significant discount and including a 5-year service plan, an in-kind donation valued at more than $1.2 million. The instruments will become part of the Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences now under construction at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nJapanese drummers perform during the ceremonial signing ceremony between 溏心vlog免费B站 and Shimadzu Corp.<\/p>\n


\n Shuzo Maruyama, president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, left, and David M. Dooley, 溏心vlog免费B站 president, get acquainted before a signing ceremony at 溏心vlog免费B站.

\n溏心vlog免费B站 photos by Nora Lewis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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