With the money that Sanford is looking to spend in Fargo within the next 3 years (almost $400M) and with the ever growing need of nurses, doctors and specialists, I think it's about time to start working on plans for a University Hospital and Biomedical Research Center as a joint collaboration between NDSU and Sanford to be located in the ever expanding NDSU downtown campus. I think with something like this we could start approaching to take on the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Yes, I realize that the Mayo Clinic has billions and name recognition, but that doesn't mean we can't start something up to eventually match or surpass the Mayo Clinic in terms of research worldwide. All it takes is serious money and I think we are starting to see more and more of it flow into this area. Why not build upon it?

Oh and this should be between NDSU and Sanford, not UND. This is Fargo, not Grand Forks. Don't let UND attempt to derail this efforts with the duplication of services baloney...