UWRF SciTech Center

After about two years of design and two and a half years of construction, Monday, Jan. 26 marked a day years in the making when the University of Wisconsin-River Falls new Science and Technology Innovation Center (SciTech) opened for its first day of classes.

Energy conservation was a major focus of the state-of-the-art facility. The building is also designed to be flexible so that it can be adapted to changing science and technology far into the future.

Another special feature is interior windows that give a view into the labs and classrooms.

SciTech features 32 undergraduate research spaces, 12 instructional labs and flexible student and faculty collaboration spaces.

The building is the new home of hands-on learning opportunities in biology, chemistry, physics and psychological sciences at UWRF.

It also houses the new University Business Collaboration Center (UBCC), designed to accelerate collaboration and partnerships with businesses in STEM fields and beyond.