UMass Amherst to Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony For New Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences Building

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Date:      Thursday, Sept. 22

Time:      2 p.m.

Where:    UMass Amherst Computer Science Building, Room 150
                 140 Governor’s Drive
                 Amherst, MA 01003

AMHERST, Mass. – State and university officials will break ground for a new, $125 million information and computer sciences building, designed to respond to enormous growth in the college’s enrollment over the past five years, and provide talent to fuel business growth and research collaborations that benefit the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The new facility is substantially funded by a $75 million state capital commitment from the Baker-Polito administration. The building will expand facilities by creating approximately 90,000 gross square feet in new space devoted to the college’s community-building, research and teaching missions.

Speakers at the groundbreaking will include UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, UMass President Marty Meehan, Board of Trustees Chair Robert Manning, Trustee Steve Karam, Trustee Mary Burns, Provost Tricia Serio, Manning CICS Dean Laura Haas and Distinguished Professor Prashant Shenoy.

Parking for the press is available in Lot 31 on campus.