Key Points
- The building will add 112,565 square feet to the pharmacy school
- The addition is expected to cost $67 million
- Enrollment is expected to increase by as much as 60 percent
The University of Maryland recently broke ground on a $67 million addition to its School of Pharmacy.
The seven-story, 112,565-square-foot building will feature new research laboratories and a dispensing lab with state-of-the-art
robotics.
"The school's research program provides our students with access to cutting-edge science ... [and] our faculty will be on
the forefront of discovering new, novel and improved therapeutics, leading to our ultimate goal of personalized medicine,"
Natalie D. Eddington, dean of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, said.
The pharmacy school addition, scheduled to open in the fall of 2010, will allow the school to increase enrollment by as much
as 60 percent in coming years. In addition to the premium research facilities, the addition will include two, 200-seat lecture
halls and an 80-seat lecture hall equipped for distance learning. 
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