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University of Delaware asks for $43.5 million in capital support, cites $1.2 billion deferred‑maintenance backlog
Summary
University of Delaware officials asked the Joint Capital Improvement Committee for capital assistance to address deferred maintenance, to fund Biden Hall planning and to expand classroom/lab capacity in Southern Delaware.
University of Delaware officials told the Joint Capital Improvement Committee they are seeking state capital assistance to help reduce a growing deferred‑maintenance backlog, fund planning for Biden Hall and expand instructional capacity in Southern Delaware.
President M. Headley Assanis summarized UD's FY26 capital requests as three items: $20 million to maintain teaching and research spaces and address deferred maintenance, $20 million toward Biden Hall (a proposed social sciences building), and $3.5 million to convert and upgrade teaching space on UD's Georgetown and Lewes campuses to support associate pathway programs in Southern Delaware.
"This request before you today focus on three important areas that serve Delaware's interest," Assanis told the committee, noting…
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