Located centrally on the University Park campus, Eisenhower Auditorium hosts more than 200 plays, musicals, concerts, lectures, and commencements annually.

Installation of technical equipment ended in January 1974 and the building was dedicated under its original name "University Auditorium" on May 8, 1974.

[6][7] Seating at Eisenhower Auditorium is divided into three levels- the orchestra, the grand tier, and the balcony.

[8] In October 2019, artist and associate professor of art at the University of Albany Adam Frelin installed his work, Extended Sunset in the six vertical windows of the facade of Eisenhower Auditorium.

The work features a colorful Pennsylvania sunset, backlit by LED lamp on an astronomical timer system.