Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building
On March 15, 2024, LSU broke ground on the Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary
Science Building, which will be the central home to a new campus district focused
on scientific discovery. College of Science faculty teach almost one-quarter of all
student credit hours campus-wide and roughly one-third of total instruction for freshmen
and sophomore students. There is no academic unit more integral to the growth of LSU’s
campus community and research prowess than the College of Science.
The Interdisciplinary Science Building will create an epicenter for academics, research, and industry collaboration and a hub for collaborating on nearly $37 million in annual research awards. Here, we will prepare the next generation of doctors, data scientists, engineers, scientists, and technologists to lead the future of vital industries like healthcare and energy.
With the generous support of our donors and the investment of the State of Louisiana, we are poised and ready to catalyze STEM transformation in Louisiana. This innovative space will be a world-class waypoint for scientific inquiry, discovery and collaboration at Louisiana’s flagship university and with community partners.
Former LSU College of Science Dean Cynthia Peterson
Invest
The Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building is a $148 million project. Donors have contributed through gifts of all sizes to achieve the vision for this crucial space.
“The Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building is the culmination of uniting a strong vision for STEM impact with donor investment and state partnership. This new, premier space exemplifies LSU's commitment to responding to growing demand — by our students and within STEM-focused industries — for career-ready graduates and solutions-focused research. We're proud to be home to a hub for STEM excellence that will support the aspirations of Louisiana's youth and the world's best faculty for many years to come.”
LSU System President Wade Rousse
Project News
Read the latest project updates.
March 15, 2024
STEM Win: LSU Breaks Ground on Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science
Building
June 28, 2022
Shell Donates $27.5M to LSU Energy Research Initiatives
February 11, 2022
LSU Launches Watershed Effort with $245 Million Investment and Support from Healthcare
Partners
December 9, 2021
RoyOMartin, Roy O. Martin III and Kathy Martin Give $3.5 Million to Achieve Top Capital
Priorities on Three LSU Campuses
“The new Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building is a premier environment befitting the aspirations of our students and faculty. As we work toward earning status as a top 50 research university, investments like this one are vital. They transform our capacity for impact through research that improves lives, and they create unmatched experiences for our community of scholars.”
LSU Executive Vice President & Chancellor Jim Dalton
Impact
The Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building will have a crucial role in enabling LSU to:
- serve our community, state, and nation and provide broad education and elite research opportunities within healthcare, medicine, engineering, physics, and coastal and agriculture sciences
- elevate research and interdisciplinary collaboration, empowering high-impact research and increasing LSU’s research expenditures and economic impact
- create a research facility that will set LSU apart, with a geophysics lab, a data and computational science lab, a visualization lab, and a state-of-the-art environment that provides for interdisciplinary and high-impact collaboration
- create and facilitate world-class collaboration across academic disciplines, highly coveted research efforts, and public-private partnerships, with an institutional focus on security, agriculture, biomedical, coast, and environment and energy
Find out how the Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building will elevate LSU, Louisiana, and the nation.
Location
See how the Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building will create a new campus district focused on scientific discovery.
Signature Features
Take an early look at features that will transform STEM education and research at LSU.