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Jamison said the new facilities should meet both the needs of the nearly 30,000 students at the university and the community. “Our students are multidisciplinary, and this project fosters that,” said Devin Schwartz, UT Dallas student government president. Within a proposed music building in the proj- ect’s second phase, there are plans to blend arts and technology with a recording studio, practice rooms, rehearsal spaces and teaching studios, said Nils Roemer, dean at the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of the Arts, Humanities, and Technology. “With such a home, we will see that music edu- cation on our campus will transform and become even greater as we go forward,” Roemer said. School officials said the transformation will allow the school to further complement its STEM education and management programs with the arts to form STEAM. “From my earliest days at UT Dallas, I have emphasized the importance of the arts to this
Vision for the Athenaeum is identified in long-range planning 2016 UT Dallas officials select Morphosis as the architect for the Athenaeum Late 2019 Groundbreaking on the first phase of the 12-acre Athenaeum site May 2022 UT Dallas Art Museums opens, next Athenaeum phase breaks ground September 2024 Opening of the second phase, which includes a performance hall Fall 2026 Third phase, including an art museum and parking garage, is done TBD
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university,” President Richard Benson said at a ribbon-cutting and groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 24. Jamison emphasized that the Athenaeum is another transformative moment in the school’s history, similar to when on-campus housing was added or development occurred within the Northside mixed-use area just north of campus. “The arts, the museum and the Athenaeum will be critical entities as a part of the growth of the campus itself,” Jamison added.
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