SAS Celebrates Dedication of Carolyn Lynch Laboratory

May 2006

The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences is celebrating the opening of the Carolyn Lynch Laboratory with a reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 12. The building provides research space for faculty in the Department of Biology and is the new home of Penn's Genomics Institute.

The Carolyn Lynch Laboratory, the work of the architectural firm Ellenzweig Associates, is designed to allow for the kind of interdisciplinary collaboration that is essential to research in the life sciences. A key feature of the new building is its flexible research modules, which can be reconfigured to accommodate emerging research priorities and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Special facilities in the building include wet laboratories for biology and genomics research, plant growth chambers and greenhouses, conference rooms, faculty offices, and animal, plant, and fish facilities.

Rebecca Bushnell, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, commented that "This building is key to our continued success in the life sciences, and we are grateful that our outstanding faculty in biology and genomics can finally thrive in an environment that matches their talents. We eagerly anticipate the many important discoveries that will come from this space."

The building is named in honor of University trustee and School of Arts and Sciences overseer Carolyn Hoff Lynch, CW'68, in recognition of her service for the past 10 years as chair of the advisory board for the biology department, as well as a leadership gift from her and her husband, Peter S. Lynch, WG'68.

Groundbreaking for the Carolyn Lynch Laboratory took place in the fall of 2003. This construction is the first part of the School's larger plan for a life sciences complex which, when complete, will offer 193,000 square feet of state-of-the-art research and teaching space.

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