By January 2008, the Flandrau Science Center might be moving off campus to a new sprawling downtown science facility that spans both sides of the freeway, if President Peter Likins and others in the community get their way.

Last night leaders of the proposed Science Center project held a town hall to discuss their plans with approximately 50 members of the community, which included UA faculty and administrators.

The new facility, which will be called the University of Arizona Science Center, will be part of a larger downtown rejuvenation project called Rio Nuevo. [Read article]