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The Osteopathic Heritage
Foundations
and Charles R. and Marilyn Y. Stuckey
Academic and Research Center
The future of
biomedical research and biomedical engineering at Ohio
University
It is a bold statement by two
colleges: We will change the way we conduct research and
educate the medical, engineering and scientific leaders of
tomorrow.
That change is now underway with
the opening of the new 89,000-square foot Academic and
Research Center on January 1, 2010. Diabetes and cancer
researchers are moving into purpose-built labs. Medical and
engineering students study in project team rooms, and
classes convene in spaces appointed with smart glass and the
latest classroom technologies.
The ARC is a collaborative
effort by the Ohio University College of Osteopathic
Medicine and the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of
Engineering and Technology.
The building is unique on campus
and is one of perhaps a handful of buildings nationally
designed with the intent to inspire creativity and research
productivity, according to project architects at Burgess &
Niple, Inc. With its modern, interconnected laboratories;
high-tech learning spaces; and comfortable, informal
gathering spaces throughout, the ARC is bringing together a
critical mass of physicians, biomedical scientists,
engineers and students who will create new diagnostic
methods, new treatments and new cures, all with a focus on
diabetes and cancer.
These efforts are the
continuation of an era of exploration and education at Ohio
University that will convey research ideas along the path to
commercialized products. The ARC expands our
bench-to-bedside research culture, emphasizing to students
the importance of research in the practice of medicine, and
ultimately introducing health care advances that will help
physicians enhance the lives of patients all over the world.
The $35 million facility was
made possible with at $10 million gift from the Osteopathic
Heritage Foundation, a $5 million gift from Charles and
Marilyn Stuckey, and the overwhelming generosity of hundreds
of individuals, families, foundations and corporations.
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