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Governor Hochul Announces Grand Opening of Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing And Health Sciences In Broome County

112,000 Square Foot Facility - Formerly the Endicott Shoe Box Factory - Now Open to its First Class of Students

New York State Invests $287 Million in 13-acre Health Sciences Campus and STEM Education Initiatives at Binghamton University

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the grand opening of Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences in the Village of Johnson City, Broome County. The State has invested a total of $287 million to complete the 13-acre Health Sciences Campus in downtown Johnson City, which includes Decker College, and STEM Education Initiatives at Binghamton University. The now completed, six-story, 112,000 square foot, learning facility is located inside of the repurposed Endicott Johnson Shoe Box Factory. Once a 97,000 square foot structure, the project included the construction of a 15,000 square foot addition to the original building. More than 130 faculty and staff are employed across Decker College, which has more than 700 students (undergraduate and graduate). There are more than 6,000 Decker College alumni across the world, many of whom are serving their communities as leading clinicians, researchers, educators and administrators.

"It's an exciting moment for New York as we celebrate the grand opening of Binghamton University's brand new facility for the Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, our latest investment in New York's world-class education system that is creating the workforce of tomorrow," Governor Hochul said. "Through this project and other transformational initiatives across the Southern Tier, we will be able to attract and retain young talent while growing our state's economy."

The new Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences Building, which welcomed its first students to Johnson City in 2021, represents just one component of the university's ambitious Health Science Campus located in the former blighted Corliss Avenue neighborhood in the village. The project includes the Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, which graduated its first class this past spring and with that first graduating class came full accreditation for the program from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

In partnership with New York State, Binghamton University has transformed a once-blighted area in a severely economically challenged section of Johnson City. The Health Sciences Campus, located just south of the village's Main Street Business District, has become a place where people are living, working, playing and conducting ground breaking research. Currently, the university is also partnering with Lourdes Hospital to construct a nearby elder care facility that will serve the community and allow students to receive hands on clinical experience.

 Read the full press release here.