Department Facilities
Carnegie Building
The main offices for the Mathematics Department and the Mathematics Education programs are housed in the Carnegie Building. Its striking feature is the central, skylighted atrium that runs up from the second floor. It contains a giant reading room with 24 large, well-lit hardwood tables complimenting the ornate late-Victorian decor of the hallways, ceilings and stairways. Faculty, graduate students and undergraduates often congregate in the reading room for informal conversations. Faculty offices are located in Carnegie or the Physics building next door, while graduate students have offices either in Carnegie or in the adjacent Archbold Building.
Our photo gallery has many pictures of the present-day Carnegie Building and of the various activities that take place in it.
The Erik Hemmingsen Mathematics Collection
Housed on the third floor of Carnegie, our mathematics library contains over 47,000 volumes, maintains subscriptions to some 320 research journals, and owns complete sets of most of the important journals. Computer terminals in the library enable users to search for volumes located within all branches of the University system.
Computer Facilities
There are two computer rooms in Carnegie. One of these is for the use of students in Mathematics courses and is available for seminars as well. The other is for the exclusive use of mathematics graduate students. It provides all mathematics and mathematics education students with access to standard personal productivity software.
History of Carnegie Building
Construction of Carnegie Library began in the spring of 1905 after Andrew Carnegie announced he would donate $150,000 for the erection of a University Library. There was a stipulation that Syracuse University raise another $150,000 as an endowment for up-keep of the library. The building was completed in 2 years and the library opened in September 1907. The architects were Professors Frederick W. Revels and Earl Hallenbeck. The building style is Renaissance. Building materials consisted of a granite base with a grey brick and terra cotta facade. Syracuse University Library was housed in Carnegie until 1973.