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New Data Science Building The Richard M. McVey Data Science Building, located on the former site of Swing Hall, will be central to making Miami’s vision of creating an academic epicenter for data science a reality, says President Greg Crawford.
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Construction is expected to begin in late spring 2021 on a data science building on Miami’s Oxford campus, thanks to a $20 million gift from Rick McVey ’81. In recognition of this contribution, one of the top-five largest single gifts in Miami’s history, the building will be named the Richard M. McVey Data Science Building. Approximately 85,000 square feet, it will face Tallawanda Road between Withrow and Benton halls on the former site of Swing Hall. It will house one of Miami’s newest departments, Emerging Technology in Business and Design, as well as statistics and mathematics, the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, and the Center for Analytics and Data Science. The building will also facilitate transdisciplinary partnership with other related fields from
the Farmer School of Business and the College of Engineering and Computing. As the founder, chairman, and CEO of New York-based MarketAxess, a leading international financial technology company and now part of the S&P 500 Stock Index, McVey is passionate about ensuring that Miami continues to advance the field of data science. McVey, whose daughter Taylor is a 2011 Miami alumna, earned a BS in finance and was co-captain of the MAC-champion golf team in 1981. He has endowed scholarships for the golf program and Farmer. He also serves on the Miami University Foundation board, chairing the endowment investment committee. The building is projected to be completed in summer 2023.
