New education and research building at UMass Chan named the Paul J. DiMare Center
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The newest building at UMass Chan Medical School rises high above the campus quad with a glimmering glass façade that illuminates the science within and reflects the ambitions of an institution committed to discovery, learning and healing.
With 350,000 square feet of research and educational spaces spread over nine floors, the Paul J. DiMare Center supports the missions of all three graduate schools on campus. It is home to more than 70 principal investigators and their teams, with advanced core facilities to support basic research, translational studies and clinical trials of new therapeutics developed at UMass Chan and around the world.
Construction began in the fall of 2020 and the building officially opened on June 7, 2024.
New education and research building at UMass Chan named the Paul J. DiMare Center
The nine-story, 350,000-square-foot new education and research building standing tall along the campus quad on the UMass Chan Medical School campus in Worcester has an official name: the Paul J. DiMare Center.
Read more about the $35 million gift from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation.
Watch the construction progress on the Paul J. DiMare Center from fall 2020 to today.
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