UT System regents approve funding for nine capital projects

​​AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents yesterday appro​ved $392.2 million in funding for nine capital projects at UT academic and health institutions. 

Of that, $45 million will go toward a cancer collaboration among UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Health San Antonio, UT Health Northeast, UT Medical Branch in Galveston and UT Austin’s Dell Medical School. The money may be used to renovate existing facilities, build new facilities, or purchase equipment.

Other planned uses of the funds:

• UT Austin Energy Engineering Building
• UT Dallas Math and Science Building
• UT Permian Basin Kinesiology Building
• UT Southwestern Medical Center O’Donnell Brain Institute/Simmons Cancer Center
• UT Medical Branch Behavioral Health Treatment, Research, and Education Center
• UT Health Houston Research Building
• UT Health San Antonio Barshop Institute
• UT Health Northeast School of Community and Rural Health