7 Facts About USF's New Campus Expansion

by Robin Dutton-Cookston, Office of Development Communications

Rendering of the Health and Life Sciences Campus
Suggested rendering of the USF Health and Life Sciences Campus, formerly known as the Blood Centers of the Pacific

In 2022 USF acquired the former Blood Centers of the Pacific facility, located on the northeast corner of the Hilltop at the corner of Masonic and Turk, creating a new campus expansion that will serve as a hands-on learning environment for several USF programs.

The possibilities are wide open for the future of healthcare and life sciences in this new space. Here are seven exciting facts to date:

  1. The acquisition of the 80,000-square-foot facility marks the first time in 10 years that USF has expanded its campus footprint.
  2. The current working name is the Health and Life Sciences Campus. Multiple programs from the School of Nursing and Health Professions, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Education will work and collaborate in the new campus space. This could impact around 6,300 students per year.
  3. This new campus will host labs, office space, classroom space, and areas for community support and civic engagement. Nursing students will be able to practice real-world health procedures in a state-of-the-art simulation lab.
  4. Multiple programs from the School of Nursing and Health Professions, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Education will work and collaborate in the new campus space. This could impact around 6,300 students per year.
  5. The new space has a storied legacy, as it was the first blood bank in the country to begin routine surrogate testing of blood units for the HIV virus. USF will continue this legacy of scientific research and learning in recognition of the important history of the building.
  6. New learning spaces will allow students to study the impacts of social and economic factors on health outcomes in underserved communities. Students and faculty will be able to engage in holistic health research and community-based engagement as part of USF’s Jesuit commitment to whole-person healthcare.
  7. All of the funds to improve the space will come from donations from organizations and individual donors. No tuition dollars will be used to update the new campus. It is estimated that the new campus will cost about $73 million.

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