The George D. Aiken Center for Natural Resources
		The Aiken Center, which opened in 1982, was specifically designed to house The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. The building's name honors Vermont's distinguished late senator and governor.
		The Aiken Center's first floor is almost entirely devoted to instructional activities. There are six classrooms including a 90 seat lecture theater; a large seminar room; a state-of-the-art networked electronic classroom; an undergraduate teaching laboratory with 16 Macintosh Power PC computers; and a separate computer facility for graduate education which houses Macintosh and PC computers and a digitizing capability. A large, comfortable student lounge provides a welcome space for students to study or socialize.
		The second floor is primarily devoted to research. There are10 laboratories which support ongoing work in genetics, tree physiology, water quality, forest pathology, and ecotoxicology. A Spatial Analysis Research Laboratory is equipped with Silicon Graphics work stations and software to accommodate image analysis and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) applications. The second floor also contains two teaching labs and offices for technicians and graduate students.
	The third floor is devoted to faculty and staff offices, conference rooms, and related administrative space. The entire building is computer-equipped and networked. A UNIX server provides connectivity to all university mainframes and the Internet.
	The Aiken Center was opened in 1982 and was specifically designed to house The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. The Dean's Office and most faculty offices are housed here. Environmental Studies faculty have their offices in Bittersweet, a nearby building. The Aiken Center contains innovative teaching and research facilities including a 16-workstation computer laboratory, modern analytical laboratories, and a Spatial Analysis Lab.