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title: "‘A Hub for Discussion, Integration of Ideas, Innovation and Discovery’"
date: 2022-11-11T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
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# ‘A Hub for Discussion, Integration of Ideas, Innovation and Discovery’

*November 11, 2022* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> UMD Holds Ceremonial Groundbreaking of Stanley R. Zupnik Hall

*Zupnik Groundbreaking 11102022 JC 9616 1920x1080 — From left, Maryland Engineering Dean Samuel Graham, Jr., A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation President and CEO Joe Del Guercio, UMD President Darryll J. Pines, Stanley R. Zupnik (below), Maryland State Sen. Guy J. Guzzone, UMD Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice and engineering student Miranda Pierce '23 all celebrate the ceremonial groundbreaking for Stanley R. Zupnik Hall.*

The University of Maryland hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking yesterday for [Stanley R. Zupnik Hall](https://eng.umd.edu/facilities/zupnik-hall), an interdisciplinary engineering building that will play an integral role in the A. James Clark School of Engineering’s efforts to attract and develop leaders who help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues and impact society for the public good.

“Just like Stanley Zupnik and A. James Clark, the engineering students who are studying on our campus now and in the future will go out and shape the world in lasting ways,” said UMD President Darryll J. Pines. “They will design and create the roads we travel, the buildings we work and live in, and the infrastructure and technology we rely on. Their accomplishments will not only change the lives of people in this room or on campus right now; they will also change the lives of future generations.”

The state-of-the-art building, to be located across from the new [E.A Fernandez IDEA (Innovate, Design and Engineer for America) Factory](https://eng.umd.edu/facilities/idea-factory) on Stadium Drive, will feature spaces for students, faculty and institutional partners to collaborate, with specialized labs for connected autonomous vehicles and intelligent infrastructure, as well as virtual, interdisciplinary research and instructional labs, a seminar classroom, and conference and meeting space.


*Zupnik speaks at podium*



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