{"id":8649,"date":"2016-08-16T10:09:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2016-08-16T10:09:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T14:09:15","slug":"grad-center-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Update | Wernig Graduate Student Reading Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/gradctrconstruction_wide\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8651\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_wide-1024x261.jpg\" alt=\"GradCtrConstruction_wide\" width=\"584\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_wide-1024x261.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_wide-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_wide.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Construction on the\u00a0new Vincent J. Wernig Graduate Student Reading Room\u00a0is well under way on the second floor of the Rockefeller Library, with opening anticipated for\u00a0October 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/gradctrconstruction_windows\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8652\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"GradCtrConstruction_windows\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_windows.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to all <span class=\"il\">graduate<\/span> students at Brown, the <span class=\"il\">Center<\/span> will feature a large study and research room, a seminar\/presentation room, lounge with kitchenette, and separate consultation rooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/gradctrconstruction_glassdoors\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8653\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8653\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_glassdoors-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"GradCtrConstruction_glassdoors\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The block, plaster, and glass walls are up. The infrastructure that will bring power and data to both the Center and the periodicals study area is complete. The ceilings are being installed\u00a0and soon the concrete floors will be sealed and polished. Furniture will arrive in September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/gradctrconstruction_safety\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8654\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_safety-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"GradCtrConstruction_safety\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Vincent J. <span class=\"il\">Wernig<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Graduate<\/span> Student Reading Room<span class=\"il\">\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0generously funded by the Sorensen Family (Joan <span class=\"il\">Wernig<\/span> Sorensen &#8217;72, E. Paul Sorensen &#8217;71, ScM&#8217;75, PhD&#8217;77, Alice A. Sorensen &#8217;06, Christian P. Sorensen &#8217;06).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/gradctrconstruction_bathrooms\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8655\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8655\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2016\/08\/GradCtrConstruction_bathrooms-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"GradCtrConstruction_bathrooms\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction on the\u00a0new Vincent J. Wernig Graduate Student Reading Room\u00a0is well under way on the second floor of the Rockefeller Library, with opening anticipated for\u00a0October 2016. Dedicated to all graduate students at Brown, the Center will feature a large study and research room, a seminar\/presentation room, lounge with kitchenette, and separate consultation rooms. The block, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/grad-center-construction\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Construction Update | Wernig Graduate Student Reading Room<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-renovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}