Hofstra’s new Science and Innovation Center will provide state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to both medical and engineering students. // Photo courtesy of Matthew Page.
After breaking ground in 2021, Hofstra’s Science and Innovation Center is taking shape prior to its fall 2023 opening. The center is the future home of the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and parts of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Once opened, the building will provide new state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for students in both schools.
For nursing students, amenities include mock operating rooms, test mannequins and other new labs. For engineering students, features include an expansion to Hofstra’s Big Data Lab, as well as new teaching and research labs for bioengineering students.
One of the more anticipated features of the building is a makerspace that will…