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News: Interdisciplinary Research Facility

  • Buck-Eye View – Interdisciplinary Research Facility

    August 18, 2022
    Construction on the Interdisciplinary Research Facility, located in Ohio State’s Innovation District, is 70% complete. The 5-story building will house both wet and dry laboratories and serve multiple research disciplines, including biomedical, life sciences, engineering and environmental sciences. Two floors will be dedicated to the university’s Comprehensive Cancer Center including its new Pelot...
    A view of IRF construction with escavator in foreground

  • Slideshow: Interdisciplinary Research Facility

    May 17, 2022
    Construction on the Interdisciplinary Research Facility, located inside Ohio State’s Innovation District, is 66% complete. FOD crews are laying exterior brick, installing elevators, flooring and hanging drywall in the 305,000 square foot facility. Crews are also working on electric connections on all five floors. When finished, the facility will offer multiple research disciplines working togethe...
    Interdisciplinary Research Facility

  • Slideshow: Interdisciplinary Research Facility

    February 22, 2022
    The Interdisciplinary Research Facility, located inside Ohio State’s Innovation District, is 57% complete. Construction updates on the five-story, 305,000 square foot building include:On the penthouse floor, exterior metal siding work is almost wrapped up, and the installation of four large air handling units is complete. A specialty exhaust system with four entropic heat wheels continues through...
    A view of the south side of the Interdisciplinary Research Facility.

  • In the News: Innovation District to Bring Groundbreaking Advances in Health Care

    January 25, 2022
    Columbus Monthly recently featured Ohio State's Innovation District in its health care special edition. The publication interviewed Jay Kasey, Ohio State’s senior vice president of Administration and Planning, and Grace Wang, Ohio State’s executive vice president for Research, Innovation and Knowledge. The Innovation District is home to the Interdisciplinary Research Facility, an Energy Advanceme...
    Innovation District Rendering

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