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Kiewit Hall, the new 181,500-square-foot home of undergraduate engineering education, will open on Jan. 22 to students. Throughout the six-story facility, nearly half of the interior walls are glass.

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Kiewit Hall, the new 181,500-square-foot home of undergraduate engineering education, will open on Jan. 22 to students. Throughout the six-story facility, nearly half of the interior walls are glass.

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Lance Pérez wants to change the narrative about engineers and the work they do.

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University of Nebraska College of Engineering Dean Lance Pérez talks about changes in the engineering program at Othmer Hall in 2022.

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Photos: UNL's Kiewit Hall seeks to be premiere engineering education facility

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff climb the grand staircase in the newly opened Kiewit Hall on Tuesday. The six-story, privately funded, $115 million home of UNL's college of engineering, offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. 

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students listen as associate professor Qing Hui (not pictured) goes over the syllabus in the newly built Kiewit Hall, home to UNL's college of engineering, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students use the grand staircase at Kiewit Hall, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff use the grand staircase at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff check out the multiple floors of classrooms, labs, and offices at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students listen as associate professor Qing Hui (not pictured) goes over the syllabus in the newly built Kiewit Hall, home to UNL's college of engineering, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln staff member uses a cart to move office supplies into offices at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student looks down from the fifth floor at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore Grant Lewandowski (first right) listens while associate professor Qing Hui (not pictured) goes over the syllabus in the newly built Kiewit Hall, home to UNL's college of engineering, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Associate professor Qing Hui goes over the syllabus in the newly built Kiewit Hall, home to UNL's college of engineering, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff check out the multiple floors of classrooms, labs, and offices at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff check out the multiple floors of classrooms, labs, and offices at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Students are silhouetted by the sun glare coming from a window as they work in independent study rooms at Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff climb the grand staircase as they check out the multiple floors of classrooms, labs, and offices at Kiewit Hall, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Kiewit Hall, the six-story, privately funded, $115 million building on the UNL campus, is the academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities and is home to the construction management program. It offers a mix of multi-purpose classrooms, instructional labs, engineering student services, maker spaces for student organizations and a large outdoor plaza. It opened to students on Jan. 22, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A grand staircase is a central part of the newly completed Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A student rides their scooter past a newly completed Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star file photo

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students utilize a second floor study area at Kiewit Hall, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students Ethan Halsey (from left) Gabe Medina, John Colt and Ben McGinnis look around from the fifth floor of Kiewit Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Kiewit Hall, the new 181,500-square-foot home of undergraduate engineering education, will open on Jan. 22 to students. Throughout the six-story facility, nearly half of the interior walls are glass.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Kiewit Hall, the new 181,500-square-foot home of undergraduate engineering education, will open on Jan. 22 to students. Throughout the six-story facility, nearly half of the interior walls are glass.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Kiewit Hall is seen under construction on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Lincoln.

JUSTIN WAN Journal Star

Construction continues Friday on Kiewit Hall, the new headquarters for the College of Engineering on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Kiewit Hall is seen under construction on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Lincoln.

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