The designation of Rochester as the University’s fifth official campus will benefit health care statewide, President Robert Bruininks told the Rochester Area Higher Education Committee in November.
The University of Minnesota-Rochester will be a major hub of a new statewide Center for Allied Health Programs, will have a core of full-time faculty in Rochester, and is establishing a center for bio-informatics and quantitative studies in the life sciences, said Bruininks. “UMR has great potential to benefit not only southeast Minnesota but also the state—particularly its health-care infrastructure and resources.”
