Austin, TX Getting Medical School

[Tipsy McStagger]

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/uni...ve-millions-allocations-austin-medical-school

A projected timeline for the establishment of a UT medical school was not released upon approval of the proposal, but Powers said the University would work with the Regents to establish the school within the next few years by beginning discussions about a possible location and recruitment of faculty and administration after resources are identified for additional funding.

I'd guess within the next 10 years?

In other TX news, UT Southwestern is being investigated for fraud
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/comm...lleged-fraud-at-ut-southwestern-parkland-.ece

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[Danbo1957]

Still a long way to go. Rah-rahing and promising the money was the easy part. Until contracts are signed, plans are just plans...

And UTSW and the Feds settled. (Your link is two years old.)

 

[Stumpyman]

It said in the article it should be up within the next "few years." Pretty awesome.

 

[Tipsy McStagger]

UTSW and the Feds settled. (Your link is two years old.)

Haha oops. I looked it up because there was an article about it yesterday in the paper. I'll try to dig that one up.

EDIT: yep you're correct. This doesn't speak ill of the medical school itself; it's still top-notch. But looks like they got themselves into a pickle.
http://myhighplains.com/fulltext?nxd_id=264322
http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20120429-utsw-spending-broke-rules.ece

 

[Sephiroth]

That would really be nice. If there is anywhere in Texas I'd want to be, it's Austin. If UT-Austin had a med school with comparable prestige to the undergrad or UTSW, that'd be pretty awesome. If there were already such a thing I'd really be considering moving to texas to gain residency.

 

[Doctor246853]

Still a long way to go. Rah-rahing and promising the money was the easy part. Until contracts are signed, plans are just plans...

And UTSW and the Feds settled. (Your link is two years old.)

Thank God! That scared me for a second! (seriously)