University of Wisconsin Madison
Rendering of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Rendering of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Rendering of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Rendering of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Rendering of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences

University of Wisconsin Madison is constructing a computer science building

Sept. 21, 2021
The $225 million building is funded entirely by donors.

The University of Wisconsin Madison is constructing a building for the School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences

The 300,000-square-foot, seven-story building is projected to cost $225 million and will be privately funded, reports Wisconsin State Journal

The university is demolishing two service buildings to make way for the facility. 

The American Family Data Science Institute, Center for High Throughput Computer and Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics will all reside in the new building.

The computer, data and information sciences school will be UW-Madison’s second funded entirely by donors. The first was the Hamel Music Center, which opened in 2019.

University of Wisconsin Madison graduates John and Tashia Morgridge are donating $75 million for the computer sciences building and pledge to give another $50 million in the form of a matching grant if UW-Madison raises $50 million on its own.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the university’s patent-licensing arm, is donating in the remaining $50 million. 

Construction is expected to be completed by 2024.

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