Sorenson Legacy Foundation Gives University of Utah $15 Million to Develop Anchor Facility for New ‘Interdisciplinary Quadrangle’ Linking Upper, Lower Campuses

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of Utah has announced that the Sorenson Legacy Foundation has made the lead donation of $15 million to begin constructing a sophisticated 193,000-sq. ft. biomedical and neurosciences building designed to help create and develop the next wave of health sciences technology. Named the James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building in honor of Utah’s world-renowned medical device inventor and entrepreneur, the facility will become the heart of the state’s $500 million Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), and will anchor the university’s new “Interdisciplinary Quadrangle” on 11 acres bridging upper and lower campus. The announcement came Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 during the university’s “Together We Reach” fundraising campaign gala.
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