The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is celebrating the grand opening of its newest state-of-the-art campus makerspace on Nov. 16 with drop-in tours for the public from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 to 5 p.m.
At 3,500 square feet, the Murray Hall makerspace is the largest of the three campus facilities and will become the central hub of the BeAM (Be A Maker) network. It includes fully equipped rooms for woodworking, metalworking, digital fabrication and more.
“We see making as a cross-cutting activity that has always happened across campus,” said Rich Superfine, the Taylor Williams Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. “What’s new is to create a community of makers.”
The Murray Hall space joins makerspaces in Kenan Science Library and the Hanes Art Center (the Kenan facility is a partnership…
