Two University of Oregon residence halls now have permanent names: Cedar Hall and Maple Hall. Cedar opened in 2023 and was previously known as the “New Residence Hall.” Maple is under construction on East 17th Avenue and will welcome its first residents in fall 2027.
The names were selected through the UO’s facility naming process.
“The names Cedar Hall and Maple Hall reflect a connection to the natural environment and the sense of growth, strength and community that our residential spaces foster," said Bryson Beck, director of University Housing promotions and student recruitment.
Cedar Hall, located north of Hayward Field, has space for about 700 students, with resident floors arranged around central community lounges. Quiet study lounges sit at the end of each wing, and every room has an attached bathroom.
Cedar is also home to academic residential communities for the Clark Honors College, the Performing Artists Collective, and students preparing to study at the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health on the UO Portland campus. The building includes dedicated spaces for those communities, as well as music practice rooms, a community kitchen, and private and group study rooms.
Maple Hall, south of Kalapuya Ilihi, was approved in March 2025 to address demand for on-campus housing. The seven-story, 219,700-square-foot hall will have 870 beds for first-year and returning students in single, double and triple rooms, each with an attached bathroom.
The construction of the new building is financed primarily through revenue bonds and University Housing carryforward funds. University Housing is self-supporting through student room and board payments, and its budget is separate from the Education and General operating budget that supports most academic and administrative work.
Like Cedar, Maple pairs its rooms with shared spaces for studying, gathering and eating. Those spaces will include private and group study areas, music practice rooms and a dining venue with outdoor patios. The hall also will have an apartment for a faculty member in residence and space for student and professional staff.
With the added capacity, more first-year students will be able to live near other first-year students in the east campus area rather than in Riley and Barnhart halls. That could create an opportunity to redevelop Riley and Barnhart for other types of student housing, including graduate student housing.
The construction of Maple Hall is informed by the UO’s broader Next Generation Housing Development Plan, a long-range study for future on-campus housing for first-year students, continuing students, graduate students and students with families over the next 20 years and beyond. The plan will also help guide any future work if student housing needs and available funding support additional development.
Over the coming months, Cedar and Maple will replace the old placeholder names on campus maps, signage, websites and University Housing materials.