By 2015, IU should have at least three new buildings devoted to the field of science. Multidisciplinary Science Building Phase I, II and III are all scheduled to be built in the near future. The completion of MSB I is already underway, and it's scheduled to be completed in June 2007. No dates have been set for either of the other two phases. \n
MSB I
\nSimon Hall, the 140,000-square-foot, $55.7 million research and teaching facility is being built north of Myers Hall and will house the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Measurement, the Johnson Center for Science and Entrepreneurship and scientists in biochemistry and proteomics. It is the first science-only building constructed on IUB's campus since the completion of the Geological Sciences Building in 1962, according to a statement.\n
MSB II and III
\nAnother science building is being built just north of 10th Street near the Geology Building, housing earth and environmental scientists and neuroscientists. The unnamed building, which is approximately 65,000 square feet, will form a courtyard with the Psychology Building, the Kelley School of Business Graduate and Executive Education Center and the Fee Lane parking garage. There will be paths on which the public can walk, and since the building is being constructed where the current Service Building is, there will be minimal tree loss. The building is expected to cost about $42.4 million, with the Indiana General Assembly promising to offset $31.9 million.
