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TBT: Old Lego stadium has new life as fundraising mechanism

  • 1.  TBT: Old Lego stadium has new life as fundraising mechanism

    Posted 12-08-2022 08:10:00 AM

    More than a decade ago, in 2011, Ohio State cardiovascular professor Paul Janssen, PhD, completed a massive to-scale Lego replica of the Buckeyes’ football stadium. It took him 4 years. And then, like so many other Lego accomplishments everywhere, it was relegated to his basement.

    But the story didn’t end there. Now that plastic brick stadium is raising money for cardiovascular research. Read more about this incredible story.


    What's the most interesting thing you have built with legos?



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    Penny Schnarrs she/her
    Director of Community Relations and Strategy
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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