Is UT Austin Finally Getting Its Long-Awaited Medical School?
The headline is disingenuous: yes, there’s a Med School headed for Austin. Congrats, Brackendridge!
Kinda amusing tale after the quote:
Lawmakers and local leaders are hopeful a plan unanimously adopted at Thursday’s University of Texas System Board of Regents meeting means they could finally get what they’ve long been waiting for: a new medical school.
One of the elements of the plan outlined by Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa is to “advance medical education and research in Austin.” Even before Thursday’s meeting ended, state Sen. Kirk Watson issued a press release reading between the lines, calling for the creation of a flagship health science center and medical school in Austin. “Within the next 30 days, I plan to offer a path – and a challenge for our community – to build on [Cigarroa’s] statement so we realize these goals that so many of us have shared for so long,” Watson said. “It’s time for Austin to come together and act, creating a flagship initiative that can fortify our future and lead the world in the fields of medical education, healthcare and bioscience.”
via Is the UT System Preparing for a New Medical School? — Higher Education | The Texas Tribune.
For those interested in the funny politics of a med school in Austin, you have to look back to the 1970′s. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
