Key facilities projects on time, on budget
Friday, November 15, 2024
UI unveils plan for revitalizing old Art Building
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
UI seeks approval to purchase remaining space in Old Capitol Town Center
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Latest 10-year Facilities Master Plan News
UI begins planning new health sciences research building
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The University of Iowa is beginning to plan for the construction of a new cancer-focused research building on the west side of campus that will provide the ability to perform state-of-the-art cancer-themed research and enhance existing collaborations among the UI’s health sciences colleges and programs.
UI seeks Iowa Board of Regents approval for 3 facilities projects
Friday, September 6, 2024
The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to begin work on three facilities projects at the board’s meeting Sept. 18–19. Projects include renovating the Performing Arts Annex, which will be the new home of the UI Department of Dance; updating the Iowa Bioscience Innovation Facility with new research and entrepreneurial lab space; and constructing the Utilities Services Building to increase efficiencies and consolidate space for facilities staff.
UI seeks approval for Tippie College of Business facility expansion
Thursday, August 15, 2024
The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to create more space for the growing Tippie College of Business.
Construction begins on new road connecting Newton Road to UI Health Care university campus
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Construction of a new road connecting Newton Road to the University of Iowa Health Care university campus is underway. The south end of the road will extend between Hospital Parking Ramp 1 and the General Hospital pavilion, ending at the site of the current fountain entrance.
UI opens a new home for its storied wrestling programs
Thursday, May 23, 2024
After years of planning, fundraising, and development, the University of Iowa wrestling programs have a new training center that complements their world-class competition home at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Clubhouse headlines proposal to renovate Duane Banks Field
Monday, April 15, 2024
An updated proposal to renovate the home of the University of Iowa baseball team is on the docket for consideration and final approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. The proposed renovation to Duane Banks Field includes a standalone clubhouse adjacent to the existing Hawkeye dugout.
UI seeks permission to plan second west side parking ramp
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
As the University of Iowa and UI Health Care look ahead to the additional staff and patients a new inpatient tower will bring to the west side of campus, so too will come the need for more parking. The UI will ask the Iowa Board of Regents at its Feb. 28 meeting for permission to proceed with planning an additional parking ramp on the west half of the parking lots adjacent to the Dental Science Building.
New road will connect Newton Road to UI Hospitals & Clinics
Monday, November 6, 2023
The first new road to be built on campus in more than a decade will connect Newton Road to the fountain entrance of University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, a project necessary to make way for construction of the new inpatient tower.
UI plans remodeling, expansion of Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
The University of Iowa plans to remodel and expand the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories—one of its most unique buildings—to create a permanent home for one of its fast-growing programs of study.
Duane Banks Field renovation will improve game-day experience
Monday, October 30, 2023
A proposed renovation to the home of the University of Iowa baseball team is being considered for final approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, at its November meeting. Duane Banks Field opened on Stadium Drive in 1974 and sits between landmarks Kinnick Stadium and Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Campus invited to Health Sciences Academic Building groundbreaking on Oct. 31
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for a new, state-of-the-art building that will house three of the University of Iowa’s most popular and top-ranked programs. The ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31.
Pen before shovel: Adele Vanarsdale helps UI design its future
Friday, September 22, 2023
As the university navigates its 10-year facilities master plan, Adele Vanarsdale, director of campus project planning, talks about her experience at Iowa, the holistic and purposeful vision for campus, and the pleasure of working for the university whose sports teams she grew up rooting for.
Gymnastics and Spirit Squad Training Center up for Regents’ approval
Friday, September 15, 2023
A key athletics project will be considered for final approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, next week that would mean major improvements two University of Iowa athletics programs—women’s gymnastics and the Spirit Squad.
3 key features of planned renovations to IMU
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
As the University of Iowa takes the next step toward a major renovation to the Iowa Memorial Union, let’s take a look at three key features planned for the reimagined space.
UI Department of Dance relocation to renovated building will unlock series of campus projects
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The University of Iowa is in the beginning stages of planning for the Department of Dance to vacate aging Halsey Hall and relocate to the Performing Arts Annex, the renamed former art museum that sits among other arts buildings on the west side of the Iowa River.
Regents to consider final approval of UI’s new Health Sciences Academic Building
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will consider approval of the project description and budget for the University of Iowa’s proposed new Health Sciences Academic Building when it meets June 13—14 in Iowa City. If approved, the new six-level building would be built south of Slater Residence Hall and west of Grand Avenue Court, adjacent to the Gerdin Athletic Learning Center.
UI makes space for new adult inpatient tower to improve health care access for Iowans
Monday, April 24, 2023
The west side of campus will begin to visibly transform this spring as the University of Iowa starts to make space for a new adult inpatient tower.
UI seeks approval for projects that will improve student outcomes, increase health care access for Iowans
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, to move forward with several facilities projects that will improve student outcomes, create state-of-the art research space, and increase health care access for Iowans, including patients with the most complex cas
Iowa Memorial Union to undergo major renovation to better serve students
Thursday, January 19, 2023
As the IMU prepares for its 100th birthday, the university is looking to its future and how the building can continue to serve as a hub for student activity and support.
UI Department of Athletics builds momentum on facility upgrade projects
Thursday, December 1, 2022
The University of Iowa Department of Athletics continues to advance a set of projects that will provide Hawkeye student-athletes and their fans with services and facilities that rank among the best in the country.
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