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NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP
(LITERALLY)
Anyone who has visited the One Kneeland Street facility can
understand why vertical expansion represents the optimal strategy
for the current effort. TUSDM’s proximity to the Chinatown and
South End neighborhoods positions us as the logical provider of
services to the people of these neighborhoods, many of whom are
underserved and economically disadvantaged. Given the footprint of
the current facility, and the density of buildings within the surrounding
area, “growing” the building vertically represents the best (and
perhaps the only) option for expanding our capabilities in a way that
will benefit our patients, students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
In addition, enhancements to the building will help position TUSDM
as a spectacular gateway to the Tufts University Health Sciences
Campus, which includes the Tufts University School of Medicine,
the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, the Friedman
School of Nutrition Science and Policy, the Jean Mayer USDA
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, and Tufts-New England
Medical Center.
The Vertical Expansion Initiative also provides one of the
most eloquent expressions imaginable for Tufts University’s
$1.2 billion Beyond Boundaries campaign, a comprehensive effort
encompassing Tufts’ eight schools. Increasing the square footage
of the Kneeland Street facility by nearly 50% will enable TUSDM
to transcend the physical limitations of the current building—
limitations that have resulted from our growth and success as
an institution—as we continue our pursuit of groundbreaking
innovations in dental education, research, and practice.