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North Carolina Community College System Dedicates Biotech Training Center
The North Carolina Community College System dedicated the BioNetwork Capstone Center in September of 2007. The biopharmaceutical training facility is located in the 82,500-sf Golden LEAF BTEC building on NCSU’s Centennial campus in Raleigh. The BioNetwork Capstone Center will train second-year biotechnology community college students as well as providing continuing education to industry employees.
University of Maryland Dedicates Bioscience Building
The University of Maryland, College Park dedicated the 134,000-gsf Bioscience Research Building on Sept. 18, 2007. The $69 million laboratory and teaching facility contains 35 labs and accommodates approximately 30 researchers in the disciplines of pathology, neuroscience, and genomics. The building also houses two BSL-3 containment labs and the Maryland Pathogen Research Institute for the study of infectious diseases. The project began construction in 2004.
Harvard University Constructs Sustainable Science Center
Harvard University began construction in fall of 2007 on a four-building, 537,000-sf science center in the Allston area of Boston. Designed as a model of sustainability, the level of greenhouse gasses emitted from the complex will be 50 percent below national standards. The building systems installed to meet the lower emission levels will reduce facility operating costs and decrease fuel consumption. Completion is slated for 2011.
Pittsburg State University Receives Deferred Maintenance Relief
Pittsburgh State University has received $2.8 million from the Kansas Legislature to pay for deferred maintenance. The funding is the first installment of over $10 million that the University will receive from the state to deal with deferred maintenance issues. PSU’s deferred maintenance cost was estimated at time of legislature investigation at $58 million.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Receives CTSA Grant
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison $41 million over five years to support research at UW's Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. The funding, a Clinical and Translational Science Award, is one of the largest ever received by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. The award will support the application of biomedical research to clinical treatment.