Norton Hall

Students Outside Norton Hall on North Campus Photographer: Douglas Levere

Norton Hall.

One World Café

One World Café

Students and others meet, study, and socialize in the spaces of One World Café

Clients work with staff from the Center for Excellence in Writing in the center's new home in Norton Hall in February 2022. Photographer: Douglas Levere

Norton Hall lecture.

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Overview
Facility
NORTON
Number
A300
Function
Academic
Gross Square Feet
91,179
Construction Cost
$6,188,000
Completed
June 1977
Architect
Sasaki, Dawson & Demay
Function
Norton Hall, is joined with Capen Hall which created a 55,000 square feet area where students can dine, gather and study. The building also houses a number of departments providing academic services for the student body, a large lecture hall known as Woldman Theatre, as well as a number of centrally scheduled classrooms. The first floor of Norton is the home of the Center for Computational Research (CCR), a high-performance computing and high-end visualization supercomputing facility.
Namesake
Charles Phelps Norton (1858-1923) was a founder of the university's law school and the University's sixth chancellor (1909-1920). Norton fathered the concept of the greater University of Buffalo by overseeing the purchase of 175 acres of land for what eventually became the South Campus on Main Street. He also bequeathed nearly his entire estate to the university for student activities.He also endowed the Norton Medal, UB's highest honor, which in 2003 went to outgoing UB President William R. Greiner. The Norton name is the only name that went to three different buildings over UB's history.
One World Café, a three-story addition on the North Campus, offers a variety of international cuisine inside 55,000-square-feet designed to meet the growing student demand for more space to dine, gather and study on campus.
The $37.8 million investment is a significant addition to the student experience at the university and the fulfillment of a promise to add more international dining options on a campus with students from more than 100 countries.
The facility will sell an array of internationally-themed meals, snacks and drinks featuring five international food stations. The café opened this week with two stations: “Kali Orexi,” which serves Mediterranean fare and “Tikka Table,” which offers food from the different regions of India. The three other food stations — “The 1846 Grill,” “Pan Asian” and “The Noodle Pavilion” — would be phased in, most likely by the fall, as Campus Dining & Shops fills needed food-service positions.
One World Café has seating for 560 people and features tiered seating on the second-floor balcony, a large fireplace and an abundance of charging outlets throughout the bright, open space, which has quickly become a popular spot to gather on campus.
As part of UB’s commitment to operating an eco-friendly campus, the majority of items available at One World Café will be either in compostable or recyclable packaging, bringing the facility as close to zero-waste as possible. Items placed in “organics” bins throughout the facility will be processed into a renewable resource through anaerobic digestion.
Rey, Jay (2022, March 31). UB expands student dining options with opening of new $37.8 million facility. UB News Center. https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2022/03/035.html