During its May 7 meeting, the Penn State Board of Trustee s Committee on Governance and Long-Range Planning approved a $228 million proposal to build a new research and teaching building on west campus.
Tentatively named the Research & Teaching Building and deemed The Penn State University West 1 project by the Office of Physical Plant, the new building will be âlocated at the terminus of the Westgate ramp,â according to the Office of Physical Plantâs website.
The new building will feature the Department of Aerospace and Acoustics, the Department of Architectural Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering, according to the Office of Physical Plant.