MU will virtually celebrate the "topping off" of its NextGen Precision Health Institute on Thursday, placing the final steel beam atop the research facility.
University leaders, including UM System President and Interim MU Chancellor Mun Choi, MU Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Richard Barohn and several members of both the NextGen Advisory Board and the UM System Board of Curators will speak at the virtual event. It will be live-streamed via Zoom at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The $220 million institute, expected to be completed by October 2021, has not seen its progress or budget deterred by COVID-19, Barohn said in curators meeting earlier this month.
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