Article: Orlando--backed by $31 million in pledges for a new medical school, University of Central Florida President John Hitt made his pitch to the Board of Governors in mid-November.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)

ORLANDO -- Backed by $31 million in pledges for a new medical school, University of Central Florida President John Hitt made his pitch to the Board of Governors in mid-November. The board is expected to make a decision early this year. UCF is hoping it can offer medical-school classes by fall 2008. Florida International University in Miami is also pushing for a medical school. * The University of Central Florida will get its own 45,000-seat on-campus football stadium, moving its games from the downtown Orlando Citrus Bowl possibly in time for the 2007 season. The board of trustees approved the project in November and is raising private donations to pay for construction, ...

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