Announcements

Ongoing Major Projects:

• Stadium Phase Two: Reseating of the JMA Wireless Dome is just about complete and will be wrapped up in time for the first home football game on Saturday, Aug. 31. Miron Victory Court, an enclosed pedestrian concourse that will physically connect the JMA Dome and the Barnes Center at The Arch, is coming together quickly and will be complete later this fall.
• Esports Gaming Facility: Construction at the Schine Student Center will be completed next month. This cutting-edge, 5,600-square-foot esports facility will include 35 gaming consoles, a 10-person stage for competitions, virtual reality gaming and traditional analog gaming areas.
• South Campus Recreation Field: A new recreation field is nearing completion on South Campus. The new natural grass field will be adjacent to the Athletics Skytop Field and will be regulation size for soccer and rugby, providing an ideal venue for both intramural and club sports. Sod is being laid now, and the field will be open this fall.
• Lambreth Lane School of Architecture Retrofit: Led by faculty members in the School of Architecture and made possible by a grant from the Department of Energy, this summer project renovated two South Campus apartment buildings with high efficiency heat pumps and highly insulated façade materials in order to dramatically reduce their energy usage. The project utilized existing campus space with a goal of demonstrating cost-effective ways to retrofit multifamily housing in cold climates.

STEM Facility Renewal: Building upon and continuing the University’s commitment to the renewal of its science, technology, engineering and math facilities, this summer’s work continued in two science buildings.

• In Link Hall, new entries and a renovated interior lobby space has transformed the ground floor of the facility. The work on the Allyn Innovation Center is coming to a close, with some remaining office renovations to be completed in the fall semester. Simultaneously, the second phase of renovations to research laboratories is underway, as well as work associated with the College of Engineering and Computer Science expansion.
• In the Physics Building, a project to establish the Quantum Technology Center has begun. An entire floor will be renovated for modern research laboratories. This project is currently underway and will be completed next fall.

Strategic Housing Plan:

• Students will soon move into Milton Hall, the former Marshall apartment building, and Orange Hall, the former Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center. Renovations and modifications completed this summer have transformed these facilities into vibrant, modern residence halls with floor lounges, study rooms, laundry, in-room private bathrooms and air conditioning.
• Watson Hall Renovations: The second summer of work at Watson Hall has transformed the hall’s multi-user bathrooms into individual private and accessible bathroom units.

Accessibility Improvements

All projects mentioned above incorporate accessibility improvements. Additionally, our team has completed the following this summer:

• A new elevator was installed at Syracuse Stage and will be operational in late August.
• Accessible restrooms and bathrooms have been updated in Orange and Milton halls.
• The first floor of the Link Hall Allyn Innovation Center has been transformed, making it fully accessible and inviting to all.
• The University’s new facilities in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have been designed and built to the same standards applied on campus and are fully accessible.

Additional Academic Space Improvements:

In support of academic initiatives in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, a major renovation of academic space at the Cantor Warehouse was completed this summer. The renovations included new air conditioning, improvements to the learning environments for all areas of the School of Design and refreshed, exciting studio spaces.

Building upon the work completed to relocate the psychology department to the Marley Building, a project to consolidate psychology research facilities began this summer and will be completed later this fall.

In parallel with the psychology department work, a new academic office suite has been constructed for the esports academic program in the Marley Building, to be opened in time for the fall semester.