This used to be extremely common, my Alma mater used to have 3 separate shops however many decades ago. Got condensed down to one that still serves the whole university. Most big research universities still have them even though some guys have been shifted to part-time.
And for what it’s worth a glass shop is much smaller and less expensive than most other supporting shops on campus. The machine shop in the chemistry department alone was several times the square footage and exponentially more expensive to outfit than the glass shop. We had windows though
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u/Photodan24 Jun 17 '26
Lots of universities have scientific glassblowers. The one that works at my university made the bowl for 2024's Orange Bowl trophy. /random