Archive for September, 2011

Grinnell

Noyce Science Center On July 28, Dwight Stoll (chemistry) and Colleen Jacks (biology) visited Grinnell College’s Noyce Science Center.  The construction involved two phases:  Phase 1 (accomplished in the late 90s) largely involved bringing the old ( 50s and 60s) building wings to code (modern air handling, etc.).  It was messy and many labs, offices, etc. […]

St. Olaf redux

Regent’s Hall of Sciences On July 22, A second crew from Gustavus (including Margaret Bloch Qazi (biology), Mark Bjelland, and Anna Versluis (both of geology))  went to Northfield for a tour of St. Olaf’s Regent’s Hall of Sciences (previous).  They returned with a lot of ideas for our project.  Margaret summarized her observations in the […]