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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

UI withholds building naming information

UI officials aren’t revealing any details about the proposed naming of a university facility.

The agenda for this Thursday’s state Board of Regents meeting shows the UI is requesting to name a campus building, though it does not state which one.

The UI faced controversy in 2007 after Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield offered a $15 million gift in exchange for naming rights of the university’s new public-health building.

Iowa State University submitted a naming request as well, but in contrast to the UI, it listed both the proposed name and specific building affected.

Iowa State officials have requested the institution’s basketball practice facility be named the Sukup Basketball Complex, in honor of the family that committed a lead gift of $2 million in funding for the new facility.

— by Kathryn Stinson

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