About Life Sciences
The Life Sciences Complex: Redefining the Future of Life Sciences at Syracuse University
Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences celebrates the opening of the 230,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art Life Sciences Complex—a vital instructional facility, a major research center, a training ground for future scientists, and a place of discovery for all who enter. The $107 million complex is the largest building project in the University’s history.
Designed by Ellenzweig Associates of Cambridge, Mass., the complex consolidates classroom and laboratory instructional space for biochemistry, biology, and chemistry, and for the first time, the entire biology department will be located in one building, conjoined with the chemistry department. This imaginative new building, with its vibrant, interdisciplinary scientific themes and centrally located Milton Atrium is destined to become the place on the eastern edge of the SU campus where people connect and share ideas in beautiful public spaces, classrooms, and laboratories.
The Life Sciences Complex opened in August 2008. The building will be dedicated on November 7, 2008 with a daylong celebration to include a keynote presentation by J. Craig Venter, a pioneer in decoding the human genome; building tours; laboratory demonstrations; and conversations about some of the most salient issues in the Life Sciences and their effects on the living world.
November 7, 2008 Life Sciences Complex Dedication Schedule of Events
April 2006 groundbreaking ceremony and Day of Discovery
Life Sciences Complex highlights