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SECTION Editorials Rowan 3M Under 20 5M Teen 5M Henry Clune Spotlight 4M nmoirrow nth I ampy llit'ur'Upii 1 I I I I I i I tint ADDITION TO RUSH RHEES LIBRARY -Work will begin is about I weeks on construction of major library wing at easterly end of This wing, plus complete remodeling of building. the pres ent facilities, will double library's space, provide expanded study areas for both students, faculty. research in field related to the nation's space program. Housed in the building will be the cosmic ray program, the exobiology (Wolf trap) laboratories, much of the on. campus work of university astronomers, and most of the Work of the 30 National Aero nauUcs and Space Administra- Architects sow are working on the final stages of plans, sjftffuK nmttrs NASA has been received for the project; the building is not drive .1 cnaergr.au aia resiuenc- center: Construction on Phase -jf Continued On Fage 3H 9 a i i i rri 'If tit 11 w-vr I 1 1 rrrf Rochester, N.Y Sept 25.

1968 i i it iTi Ft! I- fi '1 i Quadrangle between Todd center. Construction costs work has not yet been set. facilities for 1,200 patients. The first phase would bo completed in about five years. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS say the expansion of the Medical Center facilities is necessary because growth in the size of the faculty and student bodies will require a doubling of space for laboratory and teaching use, for supporting facilities such as animal preparation rooms and supply rooms, and for office, study, living, and recreation use, University officials say that, "after a three-year study, the Medical School Planning Committee and the university's trustees and officers concluded that the school's needs for facilities can most effectively and economically be met by replacing the present teaching hospital, remodeling the space thus vacated for research, teaching and office space, and adding three wings to the Medical School complex." fi i By BERTIL GUSTAYSON enrollment from 45 to 80, undergraduate majors from 90 toJ 01 tte Duucung is esumaiea mwron.

A National Science Foundation for the project amounts to million, another $2.9 is anticipated from government 80urces Md toe cam i -Department of Psychology planner' bavt determined 8pace re(mirement3 for tte prepare working drawings and gnecifications. Tha date for oiait ui tuiuuutuvu iuucw Dite. Cost of the building is estimated at $4 million, of which half will come from government sources, half from the fund campaign. University Commons: A new building to provide space for meetings of campus organizations, for student publications and organizations, for a campus bookstore and student shops, and a place where faculty and students can gather Informally. The Commons will cost about $3 million.

A loan to be amortized out of income -from- certain facilities will provide the balance of fu million will come from the campaign. -Fonr of Medicine and Dentistry: A new wing hous- 8 wImal quarters and re- Marcn facilities, a new wing for the Department of Radia- Sf'SJSS LSSSLSS new education wing. The entire program is expected to be completed within 15 years. University Chapel: Plans for the new building are still tentative, but it is expected to be located across River Boulevard from the Eastman Quadrangle, facing Rush Rhees Library. The riverside rhanol I ytiaHiv1 in tact about jsqoooo, of which mm alrcady nand The balance of mm part of the fund campaign, -Space Science Center: Construction of this $1.5 mil- lion building is expected to start this fall.

The building will i about 45,000 square feet of space for basic 1 Hi 4 i I'm I 1 1 I i i i if- til-- Thert are 14 new buildings, Including a new University 7 Nine will be built, In part, with funds raised in the university's current $38 mil- lioa campaign. Fiv ar Mna hunt with outside of the campaign. Two of tha 14 ar nearteff SrsSS Sal SbSLlK KSSSfb5 completed within 10 years. Present university facilities also will 1 extensive! re. modeled and renovated.

And in the future, additional plans will Involve building on the university's newly acquired lands in Genesee Valley Park. HERE'S THE UNTVER. slty's expansion program: Rash Knees Library: Construction starts this fall on a major new wing which will more than double the library's space. It will provide, seating for 1,500 ndergraduates, study cubicles for 570 graduate students, and studies for 125 faculty members. It also will include rooms for, typing, an audiovisual center, Im proved faculties for rare book collections, and increased pace for staff operations.

The addition is scheduled for completion in the fan of 1968. When the new construe tion is finished, renovation of the present building wfll be- gio, Total cost of the project is estimated at $8 4 million. ed to finance $1.9 million. The balance of $4.5 million will come from campaign funds. Chemistry aid biology baDding: A single building to house both departments, with construction due to start in August 1967.

Completion date is August 1969. The new building will ac- commodate chemistry depart. ment increases from 60 to 120 undergraduate enrollment, 78 to 110 in graduates, 10 to 25 to post-doctoral students, and in faculty from 15 to 24. Re- search and teaching programs also will be expanded. The biology department faculty Is expected to increase from the present 13 to 25, graduate i.

it' r' -Ml V-i -1 3 i 4c 1 vuLJ provide meeting rooms for campus organizations and office space for student publications and broadcasting. In addition it will house a campus bookstore and student shops. It NEW CAMPUS CENTER This University Commons bunding is planned as center for student activities taking over much of role played many years by Todd Union, It will St -r 5P tTT' will be located north of the Union and the men's dining will total $3 million. Date for of Radiation Biology and Biophysics: Nearly complete; the building is scheduled for completion before the end of the year. New education wing: Architects are working on detailed preliminary plans.

Before construction can start, final working plans must be drawn a process that could take another year. Although a date for start of construction cannot be set, university planners report the education wing will be completed by 1970. New University Hospital: Tentative plans indicate the new hospital may be constructed in two phases, with 1 the first phase consisting of a three-story base containing operating, emergency, X-ray, kitchen 'and dining facilities, with three two-story towers providing 100 additional beds for pediatrics patients and patients needing extensive care. The final phase would be to raise the towers to their full height of up to 10 stories, with 5 I New Hospital Planned a 3 -Tower Complex 1 mi A i i ten I 1 ft iff 1 '-si 1 1 3 I1) fa a- 1 A two-phase expansion program for Diversity of Rochester Medical Center will see construction of a new teaching hospital, a new education wing, new research and animal housing facilities, and new facilities for the Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics. The total program is expected to cost $60 million.

When it's completed, a new hospital will replace Strong Memorial Hospital, and the present Strong Memorial facilities will be remodeled to provide additional research, classroom and office space. Although parts of the construction timetable are indefinite, here's a general picture of how the program will be accomplished: New wing housing animal quarters and research: Construction is under way, and is expected to be completed next spring. It is located on the Elmwood Avenue side of the present Medical Center build-' ing. Expansion of Department I NEW UNIVERSITY nOSPITAL This is how will replace current Strong Memorial the University of Rochester's medical center which will be converted into research, will look when completed. Three tower wings and office space.

This view faces complex east with Crittenden Boulevard to the left teaching and Elmwood Avenue to the right. The total generally eeet of the S-phast project wCl bo lit million..