Hofstra University will cut the ribbon Thursday on the largest academic facility ever built on its Hempstead campus — a 75,000-square-foot center focused on health care and cutting-edge engineering.
The $76.8 million Science and Innovation Center will be shared by the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies and the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science, and includes a fully-equipped operating room and intensive care suites, nursing simulation rooms, ambulatory patient rooms and science and bioengineering laboratories.
“It’s filled with the most state-of-the-art, high-tech technology for students,” Hofstra President Susan Poser said in an interview Wednesday. “And, it’s going to result in us recruiting more students in nursing and engineering, building both of those programs and therefore creating professionals who can serve…
