VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University on Wednesday broke ground on a new classroom and lecture-hall building.
The construction site is located across from Academic A and adjacent to lot M. The multimillion-dollar project planned for completion in June 2027, the school said in its announcement.
The upcoming building will include three lecture halls; one active learning classroom; three computer classrooms; 33 general-purpose classrooms in sizes varying from 20 to 75 seats; several testing rooms; and a Bearcat Commons with multiple group-study rooms designed to “facilitate collaboration and focused learning.”
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“What this new Classroom and Lecture Hall Building symbolizes for me is the growth of Binghamton University. Over the years, we’ve added students. We’ve added faculty and staff. And because of that, this University does more than it has ever done,” current Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger said in the announcement. “This new Classroom and Lecture Hall Building is going to be an essential next step for this campus in providing our students, faculty and staff with the best facilities.”
Binghamton University sees the project as the “latest step in inspiring faculty to be world-class researchers, scholars and mentors; developing curricula that meets the demands of high-performing students; and recruiting and retaining even more people to join the University community,” per the announcement.
The new building will not replace the original and current lecture-hall building but will supplement the campus with additional space, the school said. Altogether, this project will add nearly 50 rooms to Binghamton’s catalog, with a total of just over 1,900 new seats.
Besides Stenger, JoAnn Navarro, Binghamton’s VP of operations; New York State Senator Lea Webb (D–Binghamton); New York State Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D–Binghamton); Jeff VanDenburgh, deputy general manager for design and construction from the State University Construction Fund joined a crowd of the Binghamton public and campus community members for the groundbreaking event.
In addition, James Pitarresi, vice provost for online and innovation education at Binghamton University, also attended.
Pitarresi led the planning and design committee for the new education center, the school noted.
