… On Thursday, members of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents reviewed two $1 million offers the university has made on properties in downtown Rochester…

That land would expand the university's web with the Mayo Clinic. This campus' focus on the health sciences -- with its graduate, distance and now undergraduate programs -- is in large part due to its world-renowned neighbor…

Students could do cadaver lab work as freshmen, in part because of Mayo's facilities. They would interact with health care professionals, just a skyway-walk away.

Star Tribune, by Jenna Ross, 2/11/2010

Tags: Facilities, Mayo Clinic Rochester, University of Minnesota Board of Regents