Students and faculty at the Staten Island campus gathered on
Thursday, September 2, to celebrate the opening of the Da Silva
Academic Center, a three-story, ultra-modern facility with
classrooms, student lounges, computer labs, a communications arts
suite, a multimedia production lab, and faculty offices. The
37,000-square-foot structure, with a two-story atrium, was made
possible through the generous support of Mr. Leon DaSilva, whose
late son, John, a 1980 St. John's graduate, lost his life in an
automobile accident. The images below convey the high-tech
beauty of this new structure.