Case Western Reserve University’s medical school is one of the most highly rated in the country. But the school’s building is outdated and not suited for the hands-on training today’s medical students need. Case President Barbara Snyder says the need for a better facility became apparent after the school’s last accreditation when it received high marks for the curriculum, but the facility raised questions. She hopes to break ground for the new 5 story building in 2016, the year of the next accreditation review.

“Because the expectation is that a medical school in the top 25 should have facilities that are in that same ballpark, and we’re not there yet. Our medical students and outstanding staff deserve that.”