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Huntsman Hall
Located along 38th Street, between Walnut Street and Locust
Walk, Jon M. Huntsman Hall promises great things for the Wharton
School. And when it opens next summer, it will deliver.
Imagine this: a 320,000-square-foot building, in which 5,000
undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral students, 250 faculty, and
visiting alumni and executives interact daily within 48 flexible,
technologically equipped classrooms, four computer labs, 57 group
study rooms, four floors of faculty offices, cafes, common spaces,
and pedestrian walkways.
Or imagine this: 500 alumni gather for a reunion celebration in
the Forum, a two-story atrium that by day serves as a student lounge
and gathering place. On the eighth floor colloquium level, faculty
from several distinguished universities meet in person and with scholars
around the world via satellite link to share research findings and create
new knowledge to fuel business practice. At the same time, the 300-seat
auditorium hosts a panel discussion of international business leaders,
policymakers, and students as part of one of our 12 annual student-organized
conferences.
In Huntsman Hall, these will be daily realities.
MBA and undergraduate students will be able to interact with one another in formal and informal ways -
through classes, as well as co-curricular and extracurricular activities - while still affording each
community a defining locus. It is particularly vital for Wharton's undergraduates to have a single focal point
for interaction with each other and the rest of the Wharton community. Huntsman Hall will provide that.
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