CUNY Building for Decade of Science

Math, sciences and technology are a major focus of the City University of New York’s ongoing, five-year, $2.5 billion capital program, CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein said during a June Construction Industry Breakfast Forum, co-sponsored by the New York Building Congress and New York Construction.

According to Dr. Goldstein, he has dubbed the next ten years “the Decade of Science at CUNY in recognition of the importance of science and technology to our nation’s future.” The goal, he said, is to create facilities to develop an integrated research network throughout the University that will attract leading faculty researchers and nurture the best students.

Among the major science-related projects in various stages of development and construction across the University’s 23 campuses are:

• Two science buildings, totaling 390,000 square feet, on the Harlem campus of the City College of New York. Phase I calls for construction of the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, which will serve faculty and students throughout the University system. Phase II involves an adjacent science research facility for CCNY.
• A new academic building at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, which will house a School of Science, Health and Technology.
• Creation of study and research space for sciences within Roosevelt Hall at Brooklyn College.
• A major addition to Remsen Hall at Queens College, which will include new
  science facilities.
• Planning for a new School of Public Health and a new science building at Hunter College in Manhattan.
• Construction of a 55,000 square foot building at Lehman college focusing on ecology.Dr. Goldstein said that all of the funding for the capital plan is in place and that CUNY is dedicated to building its facilities to high environmental standards.