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In partnership with AIA Triangle's Women in Architecture task force, Flad and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will lead a tour of Roper Hall on Thursday, May 15. The tour will showcase the home of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Flad served as design architect and architect of record for the nine-story building, which opened in 2023.

Creatively designed to fit in a tight footprint among three existing school of medicine and health science buildings, the new facility exemplifies growth, innovation, and community integration in its mission to improve the experience and lives of medical students and the populations they will serve across the state.

The medical education building creates a campus crossroads, supporting group instruction and team-based learning. It includes a 400-seat Active Learning Theater, two floors dedicated to clinical skills and simulated learning, and flexible labs as well as classroom, study, and collaboration spaces. In addition, the new facility integrates the medical school with the university-affiliated healthcare system, housing both the School of Medicine and the UNC Health Care leadership administrations.

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Roper Hall