Construction is almost finished on Penn State Abington’s $68 million, 85,554 sf academic building, The Philadelphia Business Journal reported.
Faculty and staff will begin to move in over the summer. Crews first broke ground in August 2024.
The school’s board of trustees voted last month to authorize a $25 million renovation to the campus’s 53-year-old athletic building. Construction is set to begin this month and is expected to be completed in September 2027.
The renovation will “modernize interior spaces, improve accessibility, and upgrade infrastructure while expanding Abington’s capacity to host events and support a broader range of activities”, according to the announcement.
Other projects include:
Renovated biology labs: Students enrolled in biology courses are already benefiting from a $5 million renovation of existing labs and the addition of a new lab in the Woodland Building. The project, completed in 2025, included spatial reconfiguration, new interior finishes, and upgrades to support modern laboratory instruction.
Bloomberg terminals: Installed in spring 2026, students at Abington have access to Bloomberg terminals that provide real-time and historical news and market data to support the popular business-related majors and classes. Faculty plan to incorporate the terminals into their courses starting in August 2026.
Forthcoming cybersecurity lab: In December 2025, Penn State Abington was awarded $248,500 in state funds, secured with the support of State Rep. Ben Sanchez, toward a Cybersecurity Analytics Lab expansion. The project will create an industry-standard cybersecurity lab where students can simulate threats, conduct vulnerability assessments, and gain hands-on experience aligned with real-world security challenges.
Funding has come from the president’s fund, student fees, general fundraising, as well as gifts from undisclosed donors, among other sources.
“Having had nothing new in 50 years, literally 50 years, was seen as a potential opportunity to help start to reimagine what our campus could be,” Abington campus Chancellor Gary Liguori told The Journal. “As the market gets tighter, and we want to recruit, it’s hard to recruit when you’ve had nothing new in 50 years.”
Penn State Abington enrolls approximately 2,900 students and fields 14 NCAA Division III teams that compete in the United East Conference.
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