Hayes Hall

Rutherford B. Hayes Hall is home to two departments: physics and mathematics. The Department of Physics boasts spacious x-ray and optics laboratories as well as five labs devoted to student-faculty research. State-of-the-art facilities allow first-year students to perform x-ray diffraction, transmute elements, and observe matter-anti matter annihilation—extraordinary activities for the beginning student. On Friday afternoons, Franklin Miller Lecture Hall (room 109) is the place to be for those interested in physics. Researchers invited from outside the College talk about their work, students discuss their summer research projects or senior exercise topics, and alumni share their latest exploits at the weekly physics colloquium.

Students in the Department of Mathematics take advantage of a computer-equipped classroom, a mathematics library, and research space for students and faculty. Most afternoons, students and faculty can be found discussing math problems in the comfortable study areas adjacent to faculty suites.

Hayes Hall Fast Facts
Hayes Hall: In Our Own Words
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Hayes Hall Fast Facts

Built: 2000

Named for: Rutherford B. Hayes, Class of 1842, nineteenth president of the United States

Current use: Mathematics and physics

Facilities: One lecture hall, two classrooms, two seminar or conference rooms, seven teaching labs, five faculty-student research labs, two computer labs for teaching, one computer lab for student work, two libraries, three study areas or lounges, a darkroom, and an area for preparation of lab demonstrations

Hayes trivia: The bridge connecting Hayes and Tomsich halls is called the "Bridge to the Moon," from a passage in Thoreau. Physics students drop objects from the top of the bridge as part of class experiments and sometimes use the long bridge corridor for projectiles.

Hayes Hall: In Our Own Words

"The new science building has gorgeous study rooms. One side is solid windows that face into the forest. I like studying in places that inspire me."
—Lauren Zenner, Class of 2007, international studies major

Offices and Departments in Hayes