Syracuse University

Frequent contributor Dana Weiser attended an academic conference this past summer at Syracuse University in central upstate New York and has, once again, kindly shared photographs she took during her travels. With the school's sports teams known as "the Orange," it's not surprising what color most of the buildings are. First, however, we have a non-orange building, the Hall of Languages, close-up on top and from a broader perspective below.

The Hall of Languages is beautifully illuminated at night.

Next, photographed from two directions, is Lyman Hall. In recent years, it has hosted a financial-technology center and the university ambulance service.

A likely source of confusion to newcomers is the fact that there's also a Lyman C. Smith Hall (below in the background), the historic home to applied science and engineering at Syracuse. Today, Smith Hall hosts various components of the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Next is a more panoramic shot, encompassing the Crouse College of Fine Arts and its pyramid-topped tower.

Syracuse also, of course, features some buildings with more modern designs, although I prefer the classic ones. To the left below is Bird Library. No, it's not devoted exclusively to ornithology, but rather named after E.S. Bird. Next door is the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center.

Finally, we have the Life Sciences Complex, which opened in 2008.

For anyone wishing to learn more about this campus, there's a book by Jeffrey Gorney entitled Syracuse University: An Architectural Guide.