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News for March 2014

In February, The University of Utah opened its doors to a brand-new campus — but you won’t find it in this state. It’s not even on this continent.

The University of Utah Asia Campus is located in Songdo, South Korea, the first new sustainable city in the world designed to be an international business district. Why Songdo? For starters, the project is being subsidized by the Korean government, which allows the University to recoup a large chunk of its costs.

It’s also being touted as “the city of the future,” purposefully built with technology and innovation at its very core.