UNC-Chapel Hill opens new dental building

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has completed the 216,000 square-foot Koury Oral Health Sciences building that will enable the UNC School of Dentistry to eventually expand its class enrollment size.

Some key features of the facility include:

• A 220-seat grand lecture hall with video conferencing and distance-learning technology.
• Two 120-seat lecture halls, one capable of two-way distance learning.
• A 105-seat simulation laboratory.
• Five 30-seat seminar rooms for graduate seminars and small group discussions, one equipped for distance learning via live lecture broadcasts over the Web or through direct audiovisual feed.
• Laboratories characterized by movable casework allowing different arrangements as the research changes and centralized, shared support rooms for fume hoods and equipment.
• Office and conference spaces.

Its design is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program and is on track to receive Silver certification, the university noted in a press release.