One of the great things that has happened to the department this year is the renovation of the undergraduate teaching laboratories in Baker Lab... Now the basement has one area for the preparation of reagents and storage of chemicals used in each of the 5-6 laboratory courses taught in this East side of Baker. Also, in the basement is the Electronics Shop and storage of instruments such as balances, spectrometers, meters, etc. A service elevator has been installed connecting all five floors. The old, open lab areas on each of the remaining four floors has been partitioned into a service area and 5 laboratory modules per floor. Each of these modules will hold 20-22 students.