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New Forest Resources Building is a Facility for the Future

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In what Penn State President Graham Spanier called another milestone in the university’s history, Penn State today dedicated its new $30.5 million Forest Resources Building at the corner of Park Avenue and Bigler Road.

The 98,000-square-foot structure -- designed to showcase Pennsylvania hardwood products -- for the first time brings together under one roof the three professional programs in the School of Forest Resources: forest science, wood products, and wildlife and fisheries science. Speaking to an audience of more than 400 invited guests, Spanier noted that for decades Penn State has been providing Pennsylvania with its only professional education and research programs dedicated to the management of forest resources and their use.

“This building is no ordinary classroom-laboratory facility,” he said. “It is an outstanding example of a structure that was designed to stimulate learning and serve as an instructional tool itself … with stunning use of hardwoods, light and the simplicity of design. Exposed structural elements such as beams, trusses and columns demonstrate the uses of wood and the beauty of natural elements.”

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