Since early June, a drone of machines has accompanied the construction of a new wing at the Cornell Law School that will house a lobby, an auditorium and two state-of-the-art lecture halls. Despite the noise, construction does not seem to be hindering daily activities, professors said.

Since ground broke on Gates Hall in March, professors said they are eagerly awaiting the new $60 million computing and information sciences building, which they hope will promote greater collaboration between the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science.

In anticipation of a wave of construction projects in downtown Ithaca set to begin at the end of the month, city officials and engineers are initiating a public relations campaign aimed at allaying the impact of increased traffic congestion.

As the University’s plans to construct a $61 million new humanities building on the Arts Quad progress, renovations for the nearby, 140-year-old McGraw Hall have been halted indefinitely due to a lack of funding.

Cornell dedicated the Human Ecology Building — the College of Human Ecology’s new 89,000-square-foot hub for interdisciplinary collaboration and design — at a ceremony last week.

Amelia Brown takes on the new humanities building and proposes greater cohesion among Cornell's architecture.

The Big Red Bands Alumni Association demonstrated its sustained school spirit by funding the construction of a new 6,400-square-foot facility behind the Schoellkopf Crescent. Construction on the building, which will serve as the new home for the pep and marching bands, is expected to begin in 2012.

The temporary steel framing that is being installed on McGraw Hall will remain in place indefinitely due to a lack of funding from the University. However, the scaffolding will be removed in November.

The College of Human Ecology's new building is expected to open in late July 2011, according project manager Jim Kazda.

The reconstruction of University Avenue will result in further delays for pedestrian traffic at the Fall Creek Suspension Bridge, which connects students who live on North Campus to Central Campus.