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First it was the new lights and then the words “Gannon University.” Slowly, the new look of the Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge, or I-HACK, has taken shape. The building’s new entrance is almost done, capping an exterior transformation of a former Verizon call center into a cornerstone of Erie’s renaissance as a regional technology center.
But the real work is going on inside. A feverish hive of workers has expanded the first-floor lobby that features a glass-enclosed, student gathering space. 2 They also installed an iconic steel-framed staircase that extends through to the second and third floors. 1
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GANNON MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020
