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UNR president pitches research buildings, housing and StreetReach partnership with Washoe County
Summary
University of Nevada, Reno president Brian Sandoval told the Washoe County commissioners the campus is expanding research and housing capacity, previewed a $137 million Life Sciences Building and announced an MOU to integrate the university’s StreetReach mobile outreach into county services — including a proposed transfer of the county’s mobile health vehicle (item 16).
University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval delivered a wide‑ranging update to the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners on April 28, outlining campus growth, research investments and new community partnerships.
Sandoval said the university now enrolls more than 24,000 students and has invested roughly $625 million in campus projects in the last six years. He highlighted four large projects: University Village affordable faculty/graduate housing, a 55,000‑square‑foot Nevada State Public Health Lab (scheduled for completion this October), a 72,000‑square‑foot indoor athletics field house, and a proposed 300,000‑square‑foot GSR arena. “We are taking our rightful place at the table of the greatest universities in the United States,”…
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