Construction is underway on an addition to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. A 20,500-square-foot, $9.75 million Panhandle Clinical Simulation Center is being built at the campus. It will house simulation equipment to train medical professionals. The facility, slated to open by fall 2017, will feature “high-tech, state-of-the-art mannequins and computer software” as well as observation rooms and a large classroom, according to a news release. read more