Groundbreaking for a new chemistry building at UWM is set for Wednesday, Jan. 26, at noon at the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center, 3135 N. Maryland Ave.
The new facility will be located just south of the current Chemistry Building, between the Physics Building, 1900 E. Kenwood Blvd., and the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and UWM Welcome Center, 2100 E. Kenwood.
The new four-story, 163,400-square-foot building will serve as a gateway to the STEM buildings and departments that house those subjects – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It will include space for the nearly 2,500 UWM students who take chemistry and biochemistry classes each year.
When the new chemistry building is complete, the current building will be demolished to create green space between the new structure and Engelmann Field.
