New Space for Gabelli School Under Construction

The Gabelli School of Business will have a new home in 2016. The Fordham Law School building is currently undergoing construction to create a new space for the Gabelli School at Lincoln Center. Fordham recently purchased a building directly across the street from the former law school, which will combine with the law school building to serve as the business school’s new home. The building will undergo a $70 million renovation. In addition to the Gabelli School of Business, the building will now also house the Quinn Library and a student center.

The Quinn Library will encompass three floors of the building. The first floor of the building will hold books, personal computers, study areas and a small cafe for student use. The second floor will house the reference, reserve and circulation desk. The third floor will serve as a “quiet zone” for independent studying. Linda LoSchiavo, head of the Fordham Libraries explains in a Fordham press release that the former area was too small for students and that the new space will be helpful for student success. “We’re finding that there is a lot of learning taking place outside of the classroom. Libraries in general have become integral links to the academic enterprise,” she said.

The new location for the Gabelli School of Business will feature classrooms and group study and social areas, an academic and career advising suit for Gabelli students, a boardroom-style room for presentations and state-of-the-art technology throughout the building, including a room reserved for 42 Bloomberg machines. Along with the new building, Gabelli is also expanding academically. Pending New York State approval, Gabelli has developed two new doctoral programs- a PhD and a Doctor of Professional Studies degree, that will also be taught at the Gabelli School.

Donna Rapaccioli, PhD, dean of the Gabelli School said in a press release that the new building has been designed for students and staff to interact with each other. “There is an advantage to having faculty, doctoral students, master’s students, and undergraduates in the same space to share ideas, and there is an added benefit from the layout of the building itself—it was designed to support teamwork, which, as we always remind our students, is an inescapable feature of today’s business world.”

regions: New York City

About the Author