A video of UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and Vice Chancellor for Research Tom Rosenquist, Ph.D., discussing the Durham Research Center II and the generosity of the tower’s namesake, Chuck Durham is among the many features on a new Web site dedicated to the new building.
The Web site also features videos of UNMC scientists who work in the tower, virtual tours, a time-lapse photo of DRC II’s construction and a press kit.
A formal dedication ceremony for the new tower will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. on the plaza in front of DRC II and its twin, the Durham Research Center, which opened in 2003. A webcast of Wednesday’s ceremony will be aired on the new Web site.
The DRC II cost $76.4 million, has 10 levels, 95 laboratories and 252,179 gross square feet. Durham provided the lead gift for both research towers.
The new tower sits directly south of the original DRC at the northwest corner of Emile Street and Durham Research Plaza.