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RENO, Nev. — If you build it, they will come — and so will their robots.
That’s the vision the University of Nevada, Reno had when it first took over operations of the Southside School from the city of Reno back in April 2019.
Renaming the facility Southside Studio, UNR began blueprinting plans to build on the innovation and economic activity it’s spurred through its UNR Innevation Center over the past five years (370 jobs created, north of $88 million in funding raised, according to a recent UNR report).
Above all, the university saw the historic building across the street from the Innevation Center as a new space where Washoe County students — from high school down to elementary — could converge and develop the skills…
