Media Credit: Matt Nicholson Lorry Lokey talks with guests at the dedication ceremonies for the Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories science lab Tuesday afternoon. Funded by donations from Lokey, the underground lab houses state-of-the-art nanoscience research equipment.

The newly constructed Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories, located underground between Huestis and Deschutes Halls, had its official dedication Tuesday afternoon with a gathering of the many people who worked to build the state-of-the-art facility.

A standing-room only crowd attended the event, which included several key figures in the project's planning and construction.

The Lokey Laboratories building houses several labs and other facilities, and is equipped with cutting-edge machinery to further the study of nanoscience. The new research center is meant to facilitate the collaboration of all fields of science and unite the academic world with outside industries.

"This setup is great because if we need information from other fields, we can just run across the way," said chemistry graduate student Noel Gunnings. "This helps to allow us to keep pushing the limit."

The laboratories' main benefactor, Lorry I. Lokey, donated $25 million for the underground building named in his honor, which is the first phase of the University's Integrative Science Complex. The second phase will be another $60 million structure nearby. Additional funding for the $16 million Lokey Laboratories - which houses $32 million in scientific equipment - came from state bonds and other private gifts.

The facility is associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, or ONAMI, which is a coalition of Oregon's three main research universities: the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and Portland State University. Oregon Health and Science University in Portland can also use the building along with several other educational and government affiliates.

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