WHAT: MU Health Care is hosting a construction kick-off ceremony for the renovation and expansion of University Hospital’s Emergency Department. The $16 million, 27,307–square-foot project will add 6,335 square feet to the emergency department. An additional 20,972 square feet of existing space will be renovated. 

WHO: Speakers include:

• Jonathan Curtright, interim chief executive officer, MU Health Care
• Steve Whitt, M.D., chief medical officer, MU Health
• Matthew Robinson, M.D., medical director of University Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Department 

WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 6 

WHERE: One Hospital Drive, Columbia, Missouri