Darryll Pines, president of the University of Maryland, said a key takeaway from his career in aerospace engineering is that science requires innovation and competition to succeed and make an impact.
It’s a lesson he says he’s applying to campus investments, including the $116 million chemistry building the university broke ground on Tuesday.
Forget the ceremonial shovels. Pines, with Maryland state legislators and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty, poured vials of red chemicals into a vessel of liquid nitrogen, which exploded to produce a dense cloud after Janice Reutt-Robey, the department’s chair, doused it with hot water. The demonstration, which revealed a rendering of the new building, sparked applause and cheers among the roughly 100 attendees who gathered Tuesday under a tent next to the site of the future building.
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