Facilities & Equipment

Facilities & Equipment

Indoor Facilities

The Biology Department is housed in a four-building Science Complex (Hickey, Sowa, and Albertus Magnus Halls, and a new addition). The new four-story addition was opened in 2018 as part of a $55 million expansion/renovation project. The Science Complex includes classrooms geared toward active learning, lecture halls, and state of the art teaching and research labs.

Specific to the Biology Department, the Science Complex houses:

• Vivarium
• Microscopy suite
• Cell culture room
• Fred M. Roddy Anatomy and Physiology Lab
• Aquatic organism housing with 15 tank recirculating aquarium system and large touch tanks with chillers 

Outdoor Facilities

Providence College also hosts multiple outdoor classrooms, and 3+ rainwater retention gardens and an arboretum-style tree management system, which function as living laboratories for both teaching and research.

Equipment

The Biology Department has secured equipment and instrumentation for diverse research purposes, including:

For more nearby core research facilities, visit CoreRI for a searchable database for facilities across Rhode Island. Many of these facilities are right here in Providence, RI.

Partnerships

Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE) program is a statewide network designed to build the biomedical research capacity of Rhode Island institutions, by supporting and developing talented individuals committed to research careers in Rhode Island. The research themes of the RI-INBRE program are: cancer, environmental health sciences, and neuroscience. Providence College is one of nine participating research institutions including the University of Rhode Island, Brown University, Bryant University, Johnson and Wales University, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, and the Community College of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Costal Ecology Assessment Innovation and Modelling (RI-CAIM) is a collaborative project supported through the National Science Foundation and the State of Rhode Island. This program supports marine science and engineering research at eight Rhode Island institutions, including Providence College. Through RI-CAIM, Providence College has access to core facilities at the University of Rhode Island, Brown University, Bryant University, Rhode Island College, Rhode Island School of Design, Roger Williams University, and Salve Regina University.

Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation (SNEC) is a non-profit with the mission to improve access to higher education for students with an interest in historic preservation or environmental conservation. Each year, SNEC solicits proposals from Providence College faculty to fund experiential learning activities, either in or outside the classroom, related to environmental conservation. Examples of projects funded by SNEC here.