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Our New Home

Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs

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College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences Building

(SPA/COLABS Bldg)

Welcome to our new four-story facility. Designed with “smart” classrooms and the latest in multimedia technology, this first-class facility houses a state-of-the-art Survey Research Laboratory, a modern day Crime Laboratory, a Government Decision making Laboratory (which will be used for legislative and judicial simulations), a cutting edge Geographic Information System (GIS) Laboratory that will provide 3D modeling resources, and a Site Design Laboratory.

The facility also houses the Barbara Jordan Institute, a public policy institute dedicated to finding policy solutions to the many challenges facing urban communities at the local, regional, national and global level, and to advancing civic engagement.

The new building also houses:

The Mickey Leland Center on World Peace and Hunger
A Public Policy Simulation Lab
Learning Resource Center
A Research Library