The four-story Health Sciences Building on N.C. 43 opened in 2006 and houses the College of Allied Health Sciences, Laupus Library and the College of Nursing.

Among the many features in the 303,000-square-foot building are concepts-integration and patient-simulation labs, which give nursing students the opportunity to perfect their technique and clinical skills in a controlled environment before working with actual patients; classrooms with technology stations; distance education; new ECU Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic; and research labs. The library has a computer lab, study carrels and casual reading spaces as well as a 7,000-title history collection.

The site is providing interdisciplinary health sciences education, where doctors, nurses and other health care providers learn to work effectively in teams. Architects designed the building to encourage shared use of large classrooms, common space and courtyards. The schools and library have separate ground entrances and joint upper floor hallways.

Designed by architects Walter, Robbs, Callahan & Pierce of Winston-Salem, the Health Sciences Building was made possible by a $3.1 billion statewide higher education facilities bond referendum passed in November 2000. At the time, it was the largest voter-approved bond program for higher education in the United States.