PROVIDENCE, R.I.Brown University says its medical school's relocation last year to a new facility near downtown Providence has allowed it to enroll its largest medical education class ever.

The university says the Warren Alpert Medical School's class of 2016 has a record 120 students, including 64 women and 56 men.

The medical school opened a new building in the so-called "Knowledge District" a year ago after a $45 million renovation project. University officials said then that the relocation would allow the program to expand from 100 students per class to 120 -- and eventually 150.

Students in the incoming class range in age from 20 to 32; a dozen have graduate degrees in other fields. The university says one is a Marine combat veteran and another has hosted TV cooking shows.

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Brown med school relocation allows expansion