The latest addition to Jefferson's East Falls Campus,
the Kay and Harold Ronson Health and Applied Science Center
is a new chapter in our history of academic innovation.
This 60,000 square foot facility marries modern design
with our signature Nexus Learning Model
to create an academic environment like no other.
Once inside, the vestibule and lobby on the first floor
feature imagery and text design elements
honoring the building's benefactor, Harold Ronson.
A painting by V Tobi Khan lends artistic vision
and creative energy to this informal gathering space.
Nexus Learning brings students together in the classroom,
but student lounges throughout the building
are where much more collaboration takes place.
They're intentionally designed with technology
for digital interaction to support student work
outside the classroom.
All classrooms in the Ronson Center
are Nexus hubs where research shows our students learn best.
The connector bridge from Hayward Hall to Ronson Center
seamlessly integrates the health science and textile programs
housed in these buildings.
A stairwell at the intersection of the Ronson Center
and Hayward Hall serves as a ceremonial crossroads
for the Allied Health, Engineering, and Comprehensive
Design programs.
Many of these programs require specialized space
for critical hands on training.
The Ronson Center has a state of the art gross anatomy facility
as well as clinical simulation and physical diagnosis labs.
A new athletic training diagnostics lab
helps meet the growing demand for ATC professionals
working in both traditional athletic settings
and non-traditional settings like medical offices, emergency
departments, and industrial settings.
Located on the ground floor just across the hall
from the international Textile Alliance Design Collaborative
Studio in Hayward, the Jeff Bruner Materials
Characterization Laboratory is the foremost textiles testing
and analysis center in the region and beyond.
Students are taught to evaluate new materials for comfort,
durability, and product integrity
and to understand the essence of why these materials work
and to anticipate how they can be improved.
Thomas Jefferson University is all
about crossing lines and making connections
with the new Kay and Harold Ronson Health and Applied
Sciences Center, there are no limits
to what we can do together and what our students can achieve
with the education we offer.