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The latest addition to
Jefferson's East Falls Campus,

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the Kay and Harold Ronson Health
and Applied Science Center

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is a new chapter in our
history of academic innovation.

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This 60,000 square foot
facility marries modern design

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with our signature
Nexus Learning Model

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to create an academic
environment like no other.

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Once inside, the vestibule
and lobby on the first floor

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feature imagery and
text design elements

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honoring the building's
benefactor, Harold Ronson.

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A painting by V Tobi Khan
lends artistic vision

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and creative energy to this
informal gathering space.

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Nexus Learning brings students
together in the classroom,

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but student lounges
throughout the building

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are where much more
collaboration takes place.

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They're intentionally
designed with technology

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for digital interaction
to support student work

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outside the classroom.

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All classrooms in
the Ronson Center

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are Nexus hubs where research
shows our students learn best.

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The connector bridge from
Hayward Hall to Ronson Center

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seamlessly integrates the health
science and textile programs

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housed in these buildings.

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A stairwell at the intersection
of the Ronson Center

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and Hayward Hall serves
as a ceremonial crossroads

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for the Allied Health,
Engineering, and Comprehensive

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Design programs.

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Many of these programs
require specialized space

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for critical hands on training.

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The Ronson Center has a state of
the art gross anatomy facility

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as well as clinical simulation
and physical diagnosis labs.

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A new athletic training
diagnostics lab

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helps meet the growing
demand for ATC professionals

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working in both traditional
athletic settings

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and non-traditional settings
like medical offices, emergency

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departments, and
industrial settings.

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Located on the ground
floor just across the hall

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from the international Textile
Alliance Design Collaborative

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Studio in Hayward, the
Jeff Bruner Materials

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Characterization Laboratory is
the foremost textiles testing

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and analysis center in
the region and beyond.

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Students are taught to evaluate
new materials for comfort,

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durability, and
product integrity

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and to understand the essence
of why these materials work

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and to anticipate how
they can be improved.

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Thomas Jefferson
University is all

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about crossing lines
and making connections

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with the new Kay and Harold
Ronson Health and Applied

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Sciences Center,
there are no limits

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to what we can do together and
what our students can achieve

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with the education we offer.

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