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New LSA Building Addition Earns LEED Gold Certification
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In 2020, after two years, the $35 million renovation project for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Building was finally completed. Extensive renovations revitalized approximately 24,000 square feet of the first floor, and a 21,000 square foot addition was constructed to house the LSA student transfer center, LSA scholarship office, LSA student government, optiMize project incubator and the Opportunity Hub. The building has 12 available meeting spaces for students and faculty and is a popular study spot for students.
Within this past year, the new LSA building addition has earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold certification. This is U-M’s 17th LEED-certified project. The certification comes as a result of multiple sustainability features. The building has an underground infiltration pipe system that works to reduce the amount of stormwater sent to Ann Arbor’s storm sewers and the Huron River. The infiltration system also settles out suspended solids to improve water quality. The new construction is in close proximity to public transportation and uses low volatile organic compounds in the materials, like paints, adhesives, and coatings. Combining sustainability, functionality, and design, the LSA addition project provides an open, welcoming, and vibrant space for students to work and learn in.
Professor Cogswell's "Unseen Worlds"
Jim Cogswell’s goal of putting the “science on the exterior” of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History was reached in November 2021 after more than three years of work. “Unseen Worlds” is a 1,700 square foot art installation that wraps around the museum’s windows. The artwork consists of a patchwork of more than 350 colorful vinyl microorganisms, originally rendered in ink by Professor Cogswell of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. Cogswell then, with the help of Stamps students, digitally rendered the paintings so they could be cut onto vinyl. This project was a collaboration with students Sky Christoph, Kai Hamill, and Beverly Fu, as well as U-M faculty in internal medicine and physics, ecology and evolutionary biology, and cell and developmental biology. Faculty at the U-M Biological Station were also consulted. The installation will be up through 2023.
Camp Davis Restorations Finally in Use as In-Person Classes Return
The 2019 renovations to the facilities at Camp Davis Rocky Mountain Field Station were left vacant soon after their completion, as universities nation-wide shifted to online learning at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Established in 1929, Camp Davis is a 120-acre research and teaching facility outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The 2019 renovations demolished most of the cabins and bathhouses which originated with the camp’s construction. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts introduced 30 new modular cabins with private bathrooms, modernized classrooms, and the installation of fiber optic internet. The renovations also replaced Johnston Hall recreational facility, which collapsed when a tree fell during a winter storm, with a new recreational space complete with restrooms and a laundry room. There were also plenty of upgrades to the electrical, water supply, and septic systems to support the new cabins and recreational hall.With the successful reintroduction of in-person learning to the 2021-2022 school year, these new facilities at Camp Davis aid students and faculty in their study of courses in geology, environmental science, and the humanities.
