Editing University of Scranton (section)

===Academic buildings===
* '''Alumni Memorial Hall''': the building was originally constructed as Alumni Memorial Library in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clippings/id/33811 |title=Two Looks at University's Library Building Project |date=30 September 1959 |website=digitalservices.scranton.edu |publisher=Scranton Times |access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref> After the completion of the Weinberg Memorial Library in 1992, it underwent extensive renovations and was converted into Alumni Memorial Hall.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/16340 |title=Renovations Planned for Library |last=Whelan |first=Andrew |date=14 November 1991 |work=The Aquinas |volume=64 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=9 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> It currently houses the Psychology Department and the Division of Planning and Information Resources.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scranton.edu/pir/ |title=Welcome to the Division of Information Resources |date=2016 |website=The University of Scranton |publisher=University of Scranton |access-date=28 October 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208200336/http://www.scranton.edu/pir/ |archive-date=8 February 2017}}</ref> 
* '''Brennan Hall''': the building was completed in 2000. It houses the departments of the Aruthur J. Kania School of Management.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/5 |title=Beyond All Expectations: University Dedicates Brennan Hall |date=March 2001 |work=Scranton Journal |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Its five stories contain classrooms, seminar rooms, faculty offices, an advising center, the Pearn Auditorium, and the Irwin E. Alperin Financial Center, which is designed to simulate a stock market trading floor, complete with an electronic ticker and data displays.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/78 |title=Irwin E. Alperin Financial Center Dedicated |date=February 2008 |work=Scranton Record |volume=20 |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |issue=3 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/77 |title=Alperin Financial Center Provides High-Tech Teaching Tools to Kania Students |date=November 2007 |work=Scranton Record |volume=20 |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |issue=2 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The fifth floor of Brennan Hall is the Joseph M. McShane Executive Center, which includes a meeting room, a large reception area, the [[PNC Financial Services|PNC Bank]] board room, and the Rose Room, an open space used for lectures, events, and dinners.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/846 |title=Press Release: University of Scranton Dedicates Executive Center in Honor of Joseph M. McShane, S.J. |date=11 May 2005 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> 
* '''Ciszek Hall''': the building, originally named the Center for Eastern Christian Studies, was completed in 1987 as an [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] and academic institute designed to promote knowledge about and understanding of the religious and cultural traditions of [[Eastern Christianity]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/clippings/id/16306/rec/34 |title=The Work Begins |date=21 August 1987 |work=Scranton Tribune |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/clippings/id/16305/rec/33 |title=University Officials Break Ground |date=21 August 1987 |work=Scranton Times |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Currently, Cisek Hall houses the university's Office of Career Services, a chapel which celebrates service in the [[Byzantine Rite]], and a library containing 15,000 books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/buildingtemplate/collection/p9000coll7/?page=13 |title=Ciszek Hall |date=2016 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library Digital Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>
* '''Edward R. Leahy, Jr. Hall''': the building was completed in 2015. At eight stories tall, it is currently the tallest University building and houses the departments of Exercise Science, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scranton.edu/news/royalnews/announcements/2013/05/14/University-Rehabilitation-Center.shtml |title=University Announces New $47.5 Million Rehabilitation Center |date=17 October 2013 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214103748/https://www.scranton.edu/news/royalnews/announcements/2013/05/14/University-Rehabilitation-Center.shtml |archive-date=14 February 2017|url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scranton.edu/news/royalnews/releases/2014/08/06/rehab-center-topping-blessing.shtml |title=University Holds 'Blessing' and 'Topping Out' Ceremony for New Center for Rehabilitation Education |date=4 March 2015 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921052914/http://www.scranton.edu/news/royalnews/releases/2014/08/06/rehab-center-topping-blessing.shtml |archive-date=21 September 2016|url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Leahy Hall contains 25 interactive rehabilitation laboratories, 9 traditional and active-learning classrooms, research facilities, multiple simulation environments, more than 50 faculty offices, 9 group study rooms, a forum for lectures and events, an [[Einstein Bros. Bagels|Einstein Bros Bagels]] Cafe, and a green roof and patio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scranton.edu/news/royalnews/releases/2013/11/19/university-groundbreaking-ceremony.shtml |title=University Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Center for Rehabilitation Education |date=4 March 2015 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921054102/http://www.scranton.edu/news/royalnews/releases/2013/11/19/university-groundbreaking-ceremony.shtml |archive-date=21 September 2016|url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://issuu.com/theuniversityofscranton/docs/journal_fall_2015_1up |title=New Building, Unlimited Possibilities |date=Fall 2015 |work=Scranton Journal |publisher=University of Scranton |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The new building is located on the former site of the old Leahy Hall / [[YWCA]] building, on the southwest corner of Jefferson Avenue and Linden Street, which was demolished to make room for the new building. 
* '''Houlihan-McLean Center''': the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Victorian Gothic style]] building was constructed in 1910 as the Immanuel Baptist Church. The university acquired the former church in 1986, after its congregation moved to a different church.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/1429 |title=Press Release: Bell Tolls Again for Houlihan-McLean Center |date=3 November 1991 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Currently, it houses the school's Performance Music Program, which includes the university's Orchestra, Bands, and Singers, as well as serving as a site for musical and other arts performances, lectures, and special liturgies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/4281 |title=Press Release: University to Dedicate Houlihan-McLean Center |date=27 November 1988 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The main floor of the building houses the Aula (an approximately 650-seat concert hall), the Atrium (a recital and reception hall), the Nelhybel Collection Research Room, small ensembles areas, a musicians' lounge, practice rooms, offices, music library, and an organ loft and organ chamber, which holds an historic 1910 Austin Opus 301 symphonic pipe organ.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/3954 |title=Press Release: Public Invited to Hear Restored Sounds of Rare Organ at Dedication Concert |date=20 January 2005 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> 
* '''Hyland Hall''': the building, completed in 1987, is a four-story facility which contains sixteen classrooms and a 180-seat tiered lecture hall, in addition to a cafe, lounge, and the university's Hope Horn Art Gallery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p9000coll7/id/160/rec/506 |title=Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Classroom Building (Hyland Hall) |date=11 May 1987 |work=Second Cornerstone |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/33 |title=Art Gallery Moves to Hyland Hall |date=September 2001 |work=Scranton Record |volume=14 |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |issue=1 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Currently, it mostly houses classes for the Departments of Political Science, Sociology, Criminal Justice, and World Languages and Cultures.
* '''Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine''': the building was completed in 1996 and houses research laboratories, offices, and the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/aquinas/id/15716/rec/1 |title=$7.5 Million Air Force Grant Funds Future Biology Facility |last=Miller |first=Dan |date=14 April 1994 |work=The Aquinas |volume=67 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=18 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The IMBM is dedicated to the molecular biological research, chiefly in the field of [[proteomics]], in order to find and treat viral diseases and cancer as well as to be able to engineer a patient's immune system to avoid these diseases and to develop DNA probes that could possibly seek out a defective gene that is responsible for cancer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/aquinas/id/12018/rec/3 |title=New Molecular Biology Facility Opens |last=DiStefano |first=Marianne |date=12 December 1996 |work=The Aquinas |volume=69 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=11 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>
* '''Loyola Science Center''': completed in 2011, the building houses the university's Biology, Chemistry, Computing Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics/Electrical Engineering departments as well as any programs currently associated with these departments.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/24 |title=Loyola Science Center: Transforming Our Campus |date=Fall 2011 |work=Scranton Journal |volume=33 |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |issue=1 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The construction of the Loyola Science Center involved integrating a new four-story structure into an existing structure, the Harper-McGinnis wing of St. Thomas Hall.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=http://www.scranton.edu/academics/sciencecenter/index.shtml |title=Loyola Science Center |date=2016 |website=The University of Scranton |publisher=University of Scranton |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The unified building includes 22 class and seminar rooms, 34 laboratories, 80 offices, a 180-seat lecture hall, an atrium and coffee shop, a [[vivarium]], and a rooftop greenhouse for research.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/84 |title=Building on Community: The Unified Science Center at the University of Scranton |last1=Dreisbach |first1=Joseph |date=September 2010 |work=Ignite |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |last2=Gomez |first2=George |volume=1 |issue=1 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> 
* '''McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts''': constructed in 1992, the building serves as the home for the university's English & Theatre department.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/16269 |title=Arts Center Blueprints Unveiled |last=Snyder |first=Sandy |date=26 September 1991 |work=The Aquinas |volume=64 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=4 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> It contains classrooms, offices, labs, meeting spaces, a black box studio theatre, the 300-seat Royal Theater where the University Players stage their productions, computer writing and instructions lab, a seminar room, a small screening room for film classes and an office for Esprit, the university's Review of Arts and Letters.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/10785 |title=McDade Center Dedicated |last=Costantini |first=Frank |date=23 September 1993 |work=The Aquinas |volume=67 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=3 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> 
* '''McGurrin Hall''': the building was completed in 1998. It houses many of the departments in the J.A. Panuska College of Professional Studies, including Education, Nursing, Counseling and Human Services, and Health Administration and Human Resources. McGurrin's four stories include classrooms, laboratories, teaching instruction labs, and counseling suites as well as the Panuska College of Professional Studies’ advising center and administration offices.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/12205 |title=Increased Resources Spawn New Additions |last=Ciavarella |first=Tom |date=11 September 1997 |work=The Aquinas |volume=70 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=1 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/12073 |title=University to Build New CHEHR Building in Leahy Lot |last=Fischer |first=Damian |date=9 March 1997 |work=The Aquinas |volume=69 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=15 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> In the basement of McGurrin Hall, the university created the Leahy Community Health & Family Center, which meets the health and wellness needs of underserved individuals in the greater Scranton community while providing a place where faculty guide students in a practical educational experience through its programs, which include the University of Success, the Alice V. Leahy Food and Clothing Pantry, the Edward R. Leahy, Jr. Center Clinic, “Peacemakers After School,” and “Growing Stronger.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scranton.edu/about/community-relations/news/2011/spring/Leahy-Community-Health.shtml |title=Leahy Community Health and Family Center Helps the Underserved of Scranton |date=2016 |website=The University of Scranton |publisher=University of Scranton |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/prpubs/id/2917/rec/4 |title=Press Release: University of Scranton Dedicates Leahy Community Health and Family Center |date=27 March 2003 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>
* '''O'Hara Hall''': the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]], six-story building was built in 1922 as the administrative headquarters for the Glen Alden Coal Company.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clippings/id/25071 |title=Selling Price Reported $157,000: U of S Purchases Glen Alden Building |last=Brislin |first=Harold J. |date=29 March 1968 |work=Scranton Tribune |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Acquired by the university in 1968, it originally housed the departments of the Kania School of Management until the construction of Brennan Hall.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/4301 |title=U of S Purchases Glen Alden Bldg. |date=5 April 1968 |work=The Aquinas |volume=40 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=11 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clippings/id/30349 |title=O'Hara Hall Aids U of S: Provides Added Classroom Space |date=March 1974 |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> It now serves as the home for the Dexter Hanley College (now the College of Graduate and Continuing Education), Alumni Relations, the Annual Fund, Continuing Education, Development, the World Languages and Cultures department, Instructional Development, the Learning Resource Center, the Political Science department, Public Relations, and the Sociology and Criminal Justice department.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/prpubs/id/33 |title=University on the Move |date=September 2001 |work=Scranton Record |volume=14 |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |issue=1 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> It contains classrooms, faculty offices, supporting administrative services, conference rooms, and the language learning laboratory. 
* '''St. Thomas Hall''': the building, constructed at the corner of Linden and Monroe Streets, was completed in 1962.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/3682 |title=The Aquinas 1962-09 :: University of Scranton Aquinas |website=digitalservices.scranton.edu |access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref> At the time of its completion, the five-story L-shaped building contained 50 classrooms, 15 utility rooms, 11 equipment rooms, 10 corridors, 128 offices, [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] offices, student lounges, the St. Ignatius Loyola Chapel, and four laboratories.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/3682 |title=New Labs to Facilitate Teaching in Many Curricula |date=September 1962 |work=The Aquinas |publisher=University of Scranton |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> In 1987, the Harper-McGinnis Wing, a two-floor addition that contained offices and laboratories, was added to St. Thomas Hall to house the Physics and Electronics Engineering department.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/prpubs/id/2310/rec/138 |title=Press Release: Further Development at the University of Scranton |date=March 1987 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/clippings/id/16182/rec/144 |title=University of Scranton Dedicates Physics Wing |date=20 September 1987 |work=Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Recently, in 2009 and 2011, St. Thomas underwent significant renovations. The chapel was converted into offices for Human Resources and Financial Aid and it now houses the departments of Theology and Religious Studies, Communications, Philosophy, History as well as the office of LA/WS, or Latin American and Women's Studies, and the university's radio station, 99.5 WUSR.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/buildingtemplate/collection/p9000coll7/?page=79 |title=St. Thomas Hall |date=2016 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library Digital Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>
* '''Smurfit Arts Center''': the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] building was constructed in 1906 as the Universalist John Raymond Memorial Church. The university acquired the property in 1987, after its congregation moved to a different church.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/8509 |title=University to Buy Local Church to House Fine Arts Department |last=McGovern |first=Bob |date=14 January 1987 |work=The Aquinas |volume=59 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=11 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Currently, it houses the Fine Arts program, including faculty offices, classrooms, and a studio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/prpubs/id/1424/rec/11 |title=Press Release: University of Scranton Campus a Destination for Tourists and Visitors |date=30 July 1989 |website=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |publisher=University of Scranton Office of Public Relations |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Originally, the church contained [[Tiffany glass|Tiffany Glass]] stained glass windows, which were moved to Hyland Hall to provide optimum and natural lighting for the studio.
* '''Weinberg Memorial Library''': the Library was completed in 1992, replacing Alumni Memorial Library which proved unable to serve adequately the growing student population, to house the vast library collections, and lacked the necessary wiring for modernizing the library with new technological advances.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/9487 |title=Library Plans Underway |last=Severcool |first=Rebecca |date=15 November 1989 |work=The Aquinas |volume=62 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=10 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/clippings/id/29860/rec/254 |title=Education Expert Calls for Restructuring of School Programming |last=Curran |first=Robert |date=17 March 1990 |work=Scrantonian-Tribune |publisher=University of Scranton Archives & Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The Library has five floors, which seat approximately 700 students at one time and hold the university's extensive library collections. The Library is home to the University of Scranton Archives and Special Collections. In addition to study space and books, it contains administrative offices, two classrooms, group study rooms, a [[Bewley's|Java City]] cafe, the Reilly Learning Commons, and the Scranton Heritage Room, an open hall used to host campus and community events and to exhibit artifacts and documents from the university's archives and special collections, showcases of faculty scholarship and university alumni authors, and the library's Environmental Art Show.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://digitalservices.scranton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aquinas/id/16461 |title=Library Plans Detailed |last=McArdle |first=Jim |date=5 March 1992 |work=The Aquinas |volume=64 |publisher=University of Scranton |issue=16 |access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>