Campus Features

The campus includes about 70 buildings, many of which are based on a neo-Byzantine style developed by Ralph Adams Cram and characterized by red tile roofs, semicircular archways and a special rose-hued brick. There have been six major facilities completed since 2000 and a number of buildings that have gone through major renovations during the same period. Campus buildings include classrooms, laboratories and auditoriums; faculty and administrative offices; a library; music studios and recital halls; art studios; a chapel; a student center; a center for continuing education; a media center; an art gallery; an observatory; an on-campus data center; an off-campus library facility; nine residential colleges; and 10 private homes, including nine college master's houses and a newly renovated home for the president across the street from the campus. The campus also includes athletic grounds; tennis courts; intramural and club sports fields; and stadiums for football, baseball, track and field, soccer and tennis. Chilled water and steam are provided to most buildings from a central plant, which also includes a natural-gas-fired steam and electricity cogeneration facility and water well.

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