Tommy Thompson, the outgoing president of the University of Wisconsin System, was lauded this week as one of UW-Eau Claire’s biggest cheerleaders during his tenure. A portion of the new science building will be named in his honor. Let’s hope there’s a building to bear the name.

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The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire plans to begin work next year on a new event center and fieldhouse after announcing the receipt of a large donation for the project this week. John and Carolyn Sonnentag, both UW-Eau Claire alumni, will ...

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Plans for a $126 million gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are on the agenda for a meeting of the Wisconsin State Building Commission on Wednesday.

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Plans for a $100 million event and recreation center in Eau Claire are moving ahead, as project officials look to the example set by another public-private deal that has helped remake the city's downtown.

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Even as UW-Eau Claire officials have dealt with overcrowding in recent years by housing students in hotels, their counterparts at the University of Nevada, Reno have gone them one further by leasing a downtown casino hotel tower for a year and turning it into a college dormitory.

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In seeking more than twice as much for building projects than they had asked for in 2017, the UW Regents are coming for criticism from a top lawmaker for letting a $256 million science building for UW-Eau Claire leapfrog other long-standing priorities.

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Even with a project budget that's $3 million above what was first expected, state officials were moving forward Wednesday with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's plans to renovate its massive Towers Hall dormitory.

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is counting on proposed fee increases in the UW System 2017-18 budget to help cover the costs related to the construction of a new dormitory and renovation of the campus’s existing ...

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The state Building Commission on Wednesday approved a number of projects on Wednesday, including a few construction and renovation projects for various University of Wisconsin System campuses. The projects included: A $35 million residence hall at UW-Eau Claire; the Lubar Center ...

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The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is seeking a general contractor to make renovations to its largest student residence hall.

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