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UMR previews lab expansion and three‑part campus plan, cites sales‑tax funds already designated
Summary
University of Minnesota Rochester previewed a three‑part expansion — immediate lab classroom space in Discovery Square, a signature academic building, and a student residential/recreation district — and said the lab request would use previously designated 2012 city sales tax funds; council and UMR set a sequence of DMC, council and Regents reviews ahead.
University of Minnesota Rochester leaders on Wednesday previewed a three‑part campus expansion that begins with leasing and building out lab classroom space in Discovery Square and could grow into a new academic centerpiece and a public‑private student residential and recreation district.
Chancellor Carroll said downtown integration is core to UMR’s model of work‑based learning and argued additional lab classrooms are essential to avoid capping enrollment. "Without investment to make this new space possible, we…
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