Post by Logan on Feb 14, 2016 5:29:22 GMT -6
The University of Nebraska is undergoing a renaissance.
At the medical center, NU’s biggest-ever project — a $323 million cancer center — promises to bring high-paying jobs and international prestige. In Lincoln, a $188 million research park is promoted as a home for cutting-edge innovation.
At the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a new $88 million arena has become a hub of school pride, while new dorms have helped transform the Pacific Campus into an upscale, urban residential setting.
All of the projects have risen up with millions in private support, most notably from philanthropist Walter Scott Jr., who is widely considered one of Omaha’s most influential civic leaders.
But the state’s public university has done more in private than line up Scott and other donors:
» NU has built about $691 million in new facilities without the university issuing public bids, even though public bidding is considered to be a government standard and about $264 million in public money has gone toward building costs.
Read more: www.omaha.com/news/metro/no-public-bidding-on-major-nu-contracts/article_0a1251bc-d1c7-11e5-81ac-175993b46e73.html
At the medical center, NU’s biggest-ever project — a $323 million cancer center — promises to bring high-paying jobs and international prestige. In Lincoln, a $188 million research park is promoted as a home for cutting-edge innovation.
At the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a new $88 million arena has become a hub of school pride, while new dorms have helped transform the Pacific Campus into an upscale, urban residential setting.
All of the projects have risen up with millions in private support, most notably from philanthropist Walter Scott Jr., who is widely considered one of Omaha’s most influential civic leaders.
But the state’s public university has done more in private than line up Scott and other donors:
» NU has built about $691 million in new facilities without the university issuing public bids, even though public bidding is considered to be a government standard and about $264 million in public money has gone toward building costs.
Read more: www.omaha.com/news/metro/no-public-bidding-on-major-nu-contracts/article_0a1251bc-d1c7-11e5-81ac-175993b46e73.html