Closest Look Yet at New STEM Building That Opens Later This Year
June 23, 2025
University leaders got their closest look yet at the new, state-of-the-art STEM Building that will transform the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» campus, as it nears completion and prepares to welcome students in January 2026.
Friday's tour included President Warren von Eschenbach, faculty members and State Sen. Royce West, who pushed hard in the Texas Legislature for the funding needed to build the $100 million facility.
For 21 months, faculty, staff and students have watched as the four story, 140,000 square foot structure rose from the dirt. photography showed its early progress. A in 2024 marked the placement of the final steel beam. Ain January 2025 showed a bird's eye view of the project. And a in March gave the first glimpse of the amazing teaching and learning spaces coming together inside.
Ground was broken nearly two years ago and work has continued non-stop to construct the innovative, collaborative space that will house classrooms, research labs, group study areas, meeting rooms and an event venue with lots of green space and natural light. Unique STEM-focused design elements have been infused into the building's DNA - a constant visual reminder of its purpose to provide multiple pathways to healthcare careers and other science- and math-related professions.
The facility will dramatically alter the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» campus - physically, academically, and socially - a sign of accelerating growth and enormous progress in this region of southern Dallas. As an economic catalyst, the university contributes to the pipeline of highly-qualified and career-ready graduates entering the DFW workforce.
Teams from have been working diligently to complete the project on time and on budget. Two firms, and Harrison Kornberg, designed the building to reflect the university’s mission and achieve its STEM goals. They include empowering students by providing upward mobility to a diverse community of learners through STEM education; transforming lives through STEM programs that will improve the vitality of students and their families; and creating a sense of place and belonging, which is student-centered, inclusive, welcoming, accessible and flexible.
We can't wait to see students in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences explore, discover and thrive in this amazing facility when the Spring semester begins on Jan. 12, 2026!
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