Winter Break 2024-25 Campus Improvements
Winter break offers students and faculty a well-deserved opportunity to pause and recharge for the spring semester. For Facilities and Operations, it serves as an ideal window to perform work with minimal disruptions to campus activities.
Similar to previous years, Facilities and Operations completed a number of projects during winter break, including lighting upgrades, residence hall enhancements, and classroom refreshes. Highlights of the improvements are outlined below for academic/administrative buildings and residence halls, in alphabetical order by building.
Academic and Administrative Buildings
Baker Athletics Complex
Repairs to the heating in the seasonal air-supported structure
Classrooms
- Painting of some classrooms in Kent, Knox, Mathematics, Northwest Corner Building, Philosophy Hall, and Schermerhorn Extension; extensive cleaning in classrooms including shampooing, stripping, and waxing of flooring, and detailed dusting of ledges and vents
- Replacement of chalkboard in 331 Uris Hall

Campus-wide Custodial Work
- Power washing of all restrooms
- Dusting of railings, ledges, fixtures, and public areas
- Cleaning of all recycling and trash containers and walls by recycling stations
- Cleaning of elevator tracks
Dodge Physical Fitness Center
Replacement of ceiling in stairwells near Levien Gym
Knox Hall
Replacement of ceiling in basement level
Lee C. Bollinger Forum
Replacement of flooring in the common areas of the 2nd and 3rd floors

Lerner Hall
Replacement of the flooring on the 3rd and 4th floors of Ferris Booth
Installation of package lockers
Mudd Building
Mechanical overhaul of an air conditioning unit
Nevis Laboratories
Restoration of house and painting and repairs of room 200I in mansion
Residence Halls
Broadway Hall
Installation of accessible push paddles and door operators to the front entrance and internal set of doors

Carlton Arms
Installation of package lockers
Carman Hall
Maintenance of fan coils
Cleaning of all suite-style restrooms
East Campus
Cleaning of all suite-style restrooms
Hartley Hall
Insulation of all windows with air conditioners
Hogan Hall
Cleaning of all suite-style restrooms
McBain Hall
Installation of LED lighting throughout the building, and lighting controls to public spaces and restrooms
Residential Hall Cleaning Projects
- Shampooing of flooring in all lounges and public corridors
- Dusting of railings, ledges, fixtures, and public areas
- Cleaning of all recycling and trash containers and walls by recycling stations
- Cleaning of elevator tracks
Ruggles Hall
Cleaning of all suite-style restrooms

Schapiro Hall
Replacement of the shower pans on the 8th floor
Watt Hall
Cleaning of all suite-style restrooms