JACKSON, Tenn. – Dec. 3, 2002– In a classroom on Union’s campus,
a biology professor is teaching students on the various types of
insects found in the West Tennessee region. Down the hall,
another class is learning about the different forms of bacteria
that exist in the area. Still another class is learning how to
put it all together in the form of genetic engineering –
learning how to control insect populations with various
bacterial methods while conserving the resources around us.
Research biologists are being born. Science, seen and unseen,
plays a huge part in how we eat, work, travel, the clothes we
wear, and even the furniture we sit on. In an increasing
technological age that demands our dependence on the sciences,
Union University is building for the future – designing a high-
tech new science building that will serve the needs of future
research chemists, pharmacists, nurses, doctors and engineers
for decades to come and in turn, serve the West Tennessee
community and beyond. In a recent meeting in N