UW-Madison students Wednesday morning shuffled into their first day of classes in the university’s newest building — funded entirely by private donations — to house its growing School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences.
Morgridge Hall, a $267 million, 343,000-square-foot facility, is UW-Madison’s largest privately funded building and puts all the disciplines seeing the most growth at the university under one roof.
Badger alumni John and Tashia Morgridge donated $140 million to the project.
Other private donors include the Verona-based health care software giant Epic Systems, which gave an undisclosed amount toward the project.