UNR aims for early 2021 to open K-12 Robotics Center in downtown Southside Studio

by Kaleb Roedel

 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 needed for the jobs of the future in Northern Nevada.

Roughly 18 months later, UNR’s vision is coming into focus. In partnership with Tesla and EDAWN, the university is preparing to launch the K-12 Robotics Center inside the new Southside Studio by early 2021.https://54459a21d58018af47befd5d8fa25259.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

“We have to train our students in things that are disrupting our lives right now in this digital transformation,” said Mridul Gautam, UNR vice president for research and innovation. “And robotics is a huge part of that.”

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