Scranton, Pa.
The University of Scranton is building an $83 million interdisciplinary science center. The 150,000-sf facility will house the departments of physics, math, computer science, chemistry, and biology. Designed to promote interaction and collaboration, the five-story facility will provide classrooms, faculty offices, research labs, a 180-seat lecture hall, five aquatic areas for fish, a three-story atrium, a greenhouse, and a café. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2011. The adjoining 50,000-sf Harper McGinnis Wing of St. Thomas Hall will also be renovated.