The Chemistry Department labs are housed in the Fleming building. Chemistry also teaches about 7000 lower division student credit hours each semester. Chemistry teaching facilities in the basement of the Fleming Building have been partially remodeled. Tabletops have been replaced and safety equipment, such as eye wash stations and fume hoods, repaired. There are however still serious problems with Fleming.
Leaks are a continuous aesthetic problem and also threaten chemical storage facilities.
Deteriorating ceilings expose students and researchers to asbestos. The freight elevator is inoperable, thus requiring hazardous chemicals to be transported through high traffic hallways. The Administration has also supported remodeling of Biology facilities. Most of the labs have been painted and ceilings repaired. Most of these funds, however, have gone to building repair rather than to the upgrading of scientific equipment.