Room Reservations

Biological Research Building (BRB), 5 Cummington Street

First floor

There are a number of rooms that can be reserved by Biology Department faculty, staff, or students. They can be reserved online through Webevent or through the Biology Department Front Desk. You will be notified by email that your request has been approved. The Belamarich Seminar Room (BRB 113) holds approximately 50 people. BRB 115 is set up in a conference table format and holds 30 people. BRB 118 is a small conference room holding 12 people. The Faculty/Graduate Student Lounge (BRB 117) may be used for events requiring food and is connected to BRB 115 by double doors.

BRB Conference Rooms, Floors 2 thru 5

There is also a conference room on each floor of 5 Cummington, each holding approximately 12 people. These rooms are not available for reservations online. Arrangements vary from floor to floor, so speak with the faculty located nearby the room for more information.

Life Science and Engineering Building (LSEB), 24 Cummington Street


Various conference rooms in LSE at 24 Cummington are available online through Webevent. However, arrangements vary from floor to floor, so speak with the faculty located nearby the room for more information.
LSE 103 is available online through Webevent to Chemistry, Biology, Bioinformatics faculty, staff, and students. If you have any questions about this room, please contact Dennis Batista.

Please note: LSE B01 is available for reservations through the registrar’s office, but is being used primarily for classes or weekly seminars. There are very few openings in the schedule during the academic year.


Classrooms

BRB 121 and BRB 122 are classrooms scheduled by the Registrar’s office. Questions about reserving additional classroom space should be directed to Ruth Greene. Department conference rooms are not available for classroom use.

To reserve other facilities on campus, contact the Reservations Office at 3-2932 or the appropriate Department/School.

Computer and Projection Equipment

The following rooms have permanetly mounted LCD projectors for presenation usage:

  • BRB 113
  • BRB 121 (University classroom)
  • BRB 122 (University classroom)
  • BSC 216

In addition to these rooms, the Biology Department has two portable LCD projectors available for departmental usage. Biology faculty, staff and graduate students may reserve these projectors by going to the online resesrvation calendars. We also have two laptops available - one PC and one Macintosh - for departmental use. These can be reserved through the same online system. For more information, please contact the department's computer consultant, Melissa Hamel, at Ext. 8-4824.

For information on LSEB facilities with projection capabilities, contact Peter Castellano at Ext. 3-8736.

Catering

Food and drink for receptions is available for a charge through the University’s Dining Services. For more information on what is available and costs, contact the Catering Department at 3-2957. Deirdre James may also be able to provide you with some assistance in how to go about ordering. Please note that Catering generally does require a lead time of a week or more, depending on the menu, so contact them early.