Morgridge Hall is the new home for the College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence and is intended to be a lighthouse for innovation. The project enables stakeholders to collaborate, teach and discover at the intersection of technology and humanity. In addition to housing the College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence and its departments (Computer Sciences, Statistics, and the iSchool), Morgridge Hall is also home to the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, the Data Science Institute, the Center for High Throughput Computing, the N+1 Institute, and other partners advancing computing and data-driven discovery.

The building is organized to enable three key ecosystems to flourish together—a Research Ecosystem, a Learning Ecosystem, and a Student Ecosystem. A flexible community space, connected across several levels of the building, creates visual and physical connections. This space is punctuated by collaboration spaces and specialty research spaces to promote connection and to celebrate the research life. The design is intended to facilitate intellectual collisions across Departments and campus, between faculty and students, and across the institutional boundary.

The building strengthens ties to the campus and promotes innovation and new connections in Wisconsin and beyond. Kahler Slater is serving as Architect of Record in association with LMN Architects.