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University of Louisville students will walk into brighter, reimagined classrooms this month as the Bingham Humanities Building reopens following a $26.6 million renovation funded through state asset preservation funds, bringing new life to one of the most heavily used academic buildings on Belknap Campus.

The three-year project included redesigned classrooms with updated technology, new spaces for collaboration and study, improved accessibility, upgraded infrastructure and enhancements that bring more natural light into the building.

“This building touches the lives of nearly every student who walks through Belknap Campus. It’s a place that means so much to the people who gather here, a place to strengthen our sense of community and to begin a journey of knowledge,” President Gerry Bradley said. “We are grateful to our partners at the Kentucky General Assembly for helping us give this building new life for many generations to come.”

Built in 1973, the Bingham Humanities Building has housed literature, language and philosophy programs in the College of Arts and Sciences for more than 50 years. The renovation preserves the building’s role as a hub for the humanities while creating a more modern learning environment for students and faculty.

The university celebrated the building’s reopening Friday, Aug. 14, with remarks from Bradley, Executive Vice President and University Provost Katie Cardarelli, Sen. Gerald Neal, Rep. James Tipton, College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dayna Touron and philosophy graduate student Ryan Hengen.

“My life changed in this building,” Hengen said. Mentorship from UofL faculty helped shape Hengen’s path from student to program representative to university employee, and some of her best memories were made within its walls.

“While the old design led to some of my favorite class memories, our students deserve to have the best infrastructure as they too grow into the best versions of themselves,” she said.

The renovation is part of a larger investment by the Kentucky General Assembly in UofL’s campuses. Over the past several years, state lawmakers have committed more than $200 million to building improvements and repairs across the university – funding classroom and lab upgrades, safety improvements and renovations to some of UofL’s most heavily used buildings.

“These improvements are about far more than bricks and mortar,” Cardarelli said. “They are about creating spaces where ideas are exchanged, where students build confidence, where faculty inspire curiosity and where meaningful conversations take place every day.”

The three-year renovation was a collaboration among Messer Construction, JRA Architects and UofL’s Planning, Design and Construction team.

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Watch the video of the ribbon cutting ceremony: