UT Austin launches construction of Dell Medical School

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By Monica Ayala-Talavera Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014, 11:55 am Published: Monday, April 21, 2014, 11:12 am

UT Austin launches construction of Dell Medical School (Frank Martinez/KXAN)

AUSTIN (KXAN) The University of Texas at Austin launched construction of their new Dell Medical School on Monday at a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new school.

UT is the first tier-one university in the U.S. in decades to establish a new medical school thanks to the approved 2012 proposal to increase the tax rate for Central Health and commit $55 million each year to support the medical school. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation also pledged $50 million to establish the school.

Last year, the UT System Board of Regents committed $334 million for the construction. Additionally, the Seton Healthcare Family has committed $295 million a portion of which will come from fundraising to build a new 211-bed teaching hospital to replace the aging University Medical Center Brackenridge. Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas will serve as the medical schools primary clinical in-patient teaching facility and enhance services to residents of Central Texas.

The 515,000 square-foot school will include a medical office building, a parking garage and research, educational and administrative facilities. UT officials said they expect the first facilities to be completed by the fall of 2016.

UT President Bill Powers, Dell Medical School Dean Clay Johnston, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and Sen. Kirk Watson were present at the groundbreaking ceremony, among other community leaders and officeholders.

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The start of construction of the Dell Medical School was celebrated Monday morning at the University of Texas. It had the feel of a ground breaking ceremony, minus any ground being broken.

Were doing this so we can better serve society by finding new ways to deliver health care, said UT President Bill Powers. Innovation will be the underpinning of the Dell Medical School.

The ceremony, with remarks by a series of dignitaries, was held beneath a large white tent at 15th and Red River streets, where the education and administration building will rise. A nearby medical office building, research building and garage also will be constructed as part of the $334 million project.

Ground is expected to be broken this fall on the UT campus for a $295 million teaching hospital, which will be owned and operated by the Seton Healthcare Family.

There were many beaming faces at Mondays ceremony, perhaps none more so than that of state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a key architect of the medical complex plan.

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A Liberty Township man is facing multiple charges in connection to a woman found dead in the road early Saturday morning in Butler County.

Thomas Recker, Jr., 55, was charged with OVI, leaving the scene and aggravated vehicular homicide.

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said Rebekah Jo Shaw, 41, was found at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday in the 5700 block of Cincinnati-Dayton Road lying just off the side of the roadway.

Shaw received significant injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Jones said Recker is the driver of a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado, which was believed to be involved in the incident.

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