UTHSC raises about $11M for new College of Medicine building
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chancellor Peter Buckley and other officials have said the new building will allow the university to greatly expand its College of Medicine cohort and physician-assistant program. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials have raised more than $11 million out of $50 million for its new College of Medicine interdisciplinary building.
The news comes about six weeks after UTHSC officials announced they had received $311 million in state funding for the project.
The money includes a $5 million corporate gift and some individual donors up to $2 million. Officials declined to say who those were.
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