Study: Academic Facilities

Science facilities

Science Facilities

  • Lasry Center for Bioscience. Completed in 2005, Clark's state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly Center for Bioscience houses research laboratories, flexible teaching laboratories to accommodate a variety of instructional approaches, laboratory support to allow significant shared equipment, classroom and seminar rooms with state-of-the-art technology and faculty offices near the laboratories. Lasry Center has received Gold certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.
  • Arthur M. Sackler Sciences Center. The Sackler Center and affiliated buildings include many newly renovated research, teaching and office spaces used by faculty and their students in biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics, mathematics and computer science.

All of these facilities feature:

  • Research laboratories used by faculty in their research involving undergraduate and graduate students
  • Flexible teaching laboratories well-equipped with state of the art technology, which accommodate a variety of instructional approaches
  • Classrooms and seminar rooms that incorporate modern technology and facilitate interactions among students and between faculty and students
  • Common use spaces that promote collaboration and collegiality

The science facilities also house Carlson Science Library, computer facilities (including a parallel computing cluster), and a variety of shared-use state-of-the-art equipment including an automated DNA sequencer, an electron spin resonance spectrometer, and three high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers. The equipment is routinely used in research conducted by collaborative laboratory groups including faculty, undergraduate and graduate students.

Off-Campus Facilities

Students can pursue laboratory research options at other local research institutions (e.g., UMass Medical Center, Abbott Bioresearch, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, or one of the many small biotechnology companies located in Biotech Park or Gateway Park). This research can be continued as a basis for the 5th-year master's degree option.