Almost a year and a half after crews broke ground, Loyola University Maryland celebrated the completion of the Donnelly Science Center expansion with tours, presentations, and panel discussions. Guests included natural science alumni and donors, Hauber Fellows, natural science department chairs, public officials, university trustees and the Loyola College Board of Advisors as well as speakers Bishop Denis Madden and Gloria Flach, '81, MBA '85, corporate vice president of Northrop Grumman.

The 15,000-square-foot, $12 million addition provides much-needed class laboratory spaces, research laboratories, offices, a conference room for the natural sciences, storage, a vivarium, a microscopy center, and a robotics laboratory. Spacious hallways connecting the building’s wings on all levels include spaces for science displays and gathering areas for students and faculty in biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, and engineering.