Brown University’s plan to build a new $94 million state-of-the-art life sciences building should have an enormous and positive impact not only on the university, but on Rhode Island as well. It is another example of how valuable our institutions of higher education are to the overall well being and economic health of our community.
Not that long ago, Richard Florida, a national expert on high-tech recruitment, was suggesting that Rhode Island invest in our universities so they can build programs that will attract the very best professors and students into the community. When you attract top quality individuals, Florida said, it often leads to entrepreneurial activity.
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Brown Medical School officials see their new building as a centerpiece in the recruitment of top-flight medical faculty and students. Donald J. Marsh, MD and Dean of Medicine at the Brown Medical School said this will allow Brown to “participate in the new discoveries that will continue to unfold” in what he calls “one of the great revolutions in modern science and biomedical research.”
With the building will assuredly come increased federal grants and greater collaboration between Brown and the state’s growing, but still small, biomedical community, according to David Livingston, executive director of Rhode Island’s Slater Center for Biomedical Technology. And Livingston adds that most important is the increase in a pool of qualified scientists to feed what he says is a fast growing biotechnology industry here.
The Brown University Medical School, through its affiliation with local hospitals, has been a tremendous asset to our community. This new facility is an exciting development that offers enormous possibilities for both the university and Rhode Island’s biotechnology community.
