CSE begins move to new building
July 9, 2003
The UW's Department of Computer Science and Engineering has begun its move into a new 85,000-square-foot, $72 million facility southeast of Drumheller Fountain.
The Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, which will open for classes in September, is hoped to match the department's status as one of the top 10 computer science programs in the country.
"Despite making do with substandard facilities for a long time, we've maintained our status among the country's best programs," said David Notkin, CSE department chair. "This building will allow us to really reach our full potential."
The building was funded largely by private donations, which accounted for $42 million of the $72 million total cost. The main private gifts came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft Corp. and the building's namesake, Paul G. Allen.
The project will connect the computer science and engineering and electrical engineering departments and will complete the unfinished portion of the Electrical Engineering Building. The program is currently housed in Sieg Hall, a building built in the 1960s.
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