UTHSC EXPANDING the ACADEMIC CENTER
It was reported that the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler was expanding
with a Tyler Medical School, but not for undergraduates in medicine, but on the post-graduate
level. The Academic Center will have an expanded Oncology Clinic to bring cancer care in East
TX to the level of M. D. Anderson. Ground will be broken this month on its $42 million state-of-the-art Academic Center. Three story, 80,000 sf facility to house a large auditorium, educational
training space & expand the library to house the Chamblee Cancer Center. Mixed financing from
tuition revenue bonds, UT System & local institutional funds from patient care revenue + $4 million
from philanthropic support.
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