From vision to reality, workers broke ground on the Dell Medical School at the University Medical Center Monday.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been pledged for the construction and operation of the school.

Senator Kirk Watson is already thinking about the opportunities it could bring about.

"(It will be) an educational transformation in the opportunities that will be available not just at the University of Texas, but also in the schools and colleges across our communities," he said.

Before that can happen there are still plenty of obstacles. They have to build the school, design the curriculum, hire a staff and get accreditation.

"We are well on the way and now the tasks are big, but we know what they are, and we will be able to do them," University of Texas-Austin President Bill Powers said.

The university is building three buildings right nowa research facility, an educational building and an administrative building as well as parking.

Seton pledged $295 million to build a teaching hospital across the street from the medical school. That hospital will replace the aging University Medical Center Brackenridge.

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Construction kicks off at Dell Medical School