Comstock Hall is a building of
Cornell University
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, located in
Ithaca
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, in the
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of
New York
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. It was built in 1985 in the modern style.
The "old" Comstock Hall was built by New York State for the
Entomology
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
Department, but in the 1980s, it was sold to Cornell so that mainframe computers could be relocated from Langmuir Laboratory. As a result, a new, state-funded Entomology Department building was named Comstock Hall in 1985, and the historic building has been renamed the Computing and Communications Center. The building was named in honor of
John Henry Comstock
John Henry Comstock (February 24, 1849 – March 20, 1931) was an eminent researcher in entomology and arachnology and a leading educator. His work provided the basis for classification of butterflies, moths, and scale insects.
Career
Comstock w ...
.
Departments
Comstock Hall hosts several departments. On the first floor the
Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories provide hands-on biology education to undergraduates. The first floor also hosts some of the faculty and administrative staff for Cornell's Department of Statistics and Data Science. The Department of Entomology
is hosted on floors 2–6 with a rich insect collection on the second floor.
A reference to Comstock Hall was made in TV show ''
The Office
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'' between
Andy Bernard
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and
Dwight Schrute
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.
References
External links
Facilities information page
Cornell University buildings
1985 establishments in New York (state)
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