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A groundbreaking ceremony on Friday celebrated the University of Missouri’s first new major research facility in 15 years.
The NextGen Precision Health Institute on campus will be 265,000 square feet and five stories tall, and cost $221 million to build.
“The NextGen Precision Health Initiative will help us translate fundamental research from laboratories to effective treatments and devices, which will benefit all Missourians as well as the rest of the world,” UM System President Mun Choi says. “As the boldest and most innovative investment in our history, this initiative and facility will stand as enduring symbols of our commitment to the state of Missouri and will advance medical science and our highly skilled workforce for generations to come.”
The state legislature has kicked in $10 million specifically for the complex in its latest budget. It will open in 2021.
