Showcasing our Momentum
Today, we鈥檙e introducing a revamped President鈥檚 Highlights that will continue to feature successes across our four universities. This special single-topic edition spotlights our recent October grand opening of the state-of-the-art facility anchoring our systemwide NextGen Precision Health initiative. As we head into the holidays, we want to thank everyone across our institutions who is contributing to this initiative that will improve and save lives in 亚洲影院 and beyond.
Photo gallery: NextGen grand opening
On Oct. 19, the University of 亚洲影院 celebrated the . The event brought in all four universities, as well as federal and state leaders to debut the $221 million and 265,000-square-foot facility. The research coming from this facility will accelerate lifesaving discoveries, pulling together an exceptional set of resources under one roof.
National attention
鈥淏reakthroughs that happen here will affect lives of people who don't even know that we're here today,鈥 said NIH Director Francis Collins, who traveled to Columbia to be part of the event. Watch .
University partnerships
Hear the about the vast potential of NextGen鈥檚 future and its connection to historic research breakthroughs across the UM System.
Senatorial support
In September, the University of 亚洲影院 Board of Curators named the building and his longtime support of our university, higher education and medical research.
Art meets science
While science is the focus of NextGen, the opening events included our incredible performing arts with two original pieces: and from an MU graduate student.
Keep up with NextGen
Stay updated via monthly lectures from the NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series.