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Committee recommends full‑board approval to consolidate computational and systems biology in Fifth and Halkett building

5929672 · December 5, 2024
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The committee recommended that the full Board of Trustees approve a $35 million fit‑out to consolidate the Department of Computational and Systems Biology into the Fifth and Halkett Building; the work is to be funded by School of Medicine division debt and will provide wet lab swing space and collocated labs and offices.

The University of Pittsburgh Property and Facilities Committee voted to recommend that the full Board of Trustees approve a $35,000,000 fit‑out to consolidate the Department of Computational and Systems Biology and provide swing wet-lab space in the Fifth and Halkett Building.

Dwayne Finckney, executive senior vice chancellor for administration and finance and chief financial officer, introduced the proposal, saying the department is currently split between two campus locations and consolidation will…

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