UConn set to break ground on new School of Nursing building

Hartford Business Journal – Monday, October 28, 2024
By Hanna Snyder Gambini

State and university officials are set to break ground on a new School of Nursing building at UConn’s main campus.

The new 90,000-square-foot building will include a lecture hall and classrooms; simulation lab suite; human behavioral research and web labs; student academic center; offices and support spaces.

The project is funded partly through a $30 million bond package approved by the state General Assembly in 2023, and also through part of a $40 million gift from alumna and former nurse Elisabeth DeLuca, whose gift is the largest single donation in university history, according to the school.

The new building is part of the university’s 2015-2035 Campus Master Plan. It’s located at the corner of Bolton Road and Maple Lane, adjacent to existing clinical, academic and research space on the Storrs campus.

Currently, the School of Nursing program is located in Storrs Hall on the north side of campus, which was built in 1906 and expanded to 51,000 square feet in 2012 to accommodate the growing program enrollment, according to the university.

The new School of Nursing building is set to open in July 2026, and university officials are working to identify a new use for the vacated space.

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