M4 update: Spring/Summer 2026
See the first photos from inside M4! Plus: Hear from two M4 donors about why they gave to the project and test your knowledge of the Math buildings.
It’s late June and, after a wet spring, the campus is lush and green. The convocation crowds have come and gone, families of honking geese patrol the University grounds (as always) and M4 looks more striking and complete with every passing day.
Most exciting of all, members of the campus community are beginning to get their first look inside the building. See below for a glimpse of M4’s progress.
M4 donors talk about what inspired them to give
M4 donors Kevin Fong and Sherry Shannon-Vanstone were on campus in June for a special M4 coin ceremony.
We had a chance to ask them why they chose to give to this project and what their first impressions were after touring the construction site. See their responses below!
Thank you for building M4 on Giving Day!
On Giving Day, alumni, friends, faculty, staff, retirees, parents and students came together to raise over $14,000 in support of M4! We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who chose to give to M4. Your generosity will make a massive difference to our students and researchers. It will create new opportunities for hands-on learning, new labs and technology to enable cutting-edge research and new event spaces for connecting our community.
In the days leading up to Giving Day, we talked to Math students, faculty and staff about why the new building mattered. They told us how it would enable vibrant events, empower entrepreneurs, advance sustainable computing and so much more. It was clear: our community was pumped about M4 and already envisioning themselves at home inside the new building.
Here are two student responses that stood out:
Pop quiz time! How well do you know the Math campus?
With M4’s grand opening on the horizon, what better time to test your knowledge of Math’s architectural history?
From the Red Room to the Green Room, from the imposing concrete walls of MC to the airy glass-enclosed corridors of DC, how well do you know the iconic buildings that define our Faculty?