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Northern Arizona University Breaks Ground on College of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Northern Arizona University has broken ground on a $31-million facility for the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences on its Flagstaff campus. The 90,000-sf project will be sited in the Chemistry and Biological Sciences Building and will house 18 teaching laboratories, 18 research laboratories, and support space. Designed by Carter Burgess of Phoenix, the facility is being constructed by Holder Construction of Atlanta and is slated for completion in November 2006.
Rochester Institute of Technology Develops Center for Bioscience Education and Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is constructing the 35,000-sf Center for Bioscience and Technology (CBET) in Rochester, N.Y. Slated for completion by fall 2006, the $14-million academic facility will house laboratories, classrooms, and equipment for programs in bioinformatics, biotechnology, forensics, and graduate studies.
Clemson University Develops Research Incubator
Clemson University is planning to construct a $6-million incubator facility in Pendleton, S.C. Sited in the Clemson Research Park, the 40,000-sf Innovation Center will be located adjacent to Clemson's Advanced Materials Research Laboratory. Additionally, Clemson has allotted $10.3 million in funding to create a research campus for the Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI) in North Charleston on the former Charleston Naval Base.
Baylor College of Medicine Breaks Ground on Alkek Research Tower
Baylor College of Medicine celebrated the groundbreaking of the Margaret M. Alkek Building for Biomedical Research in Houston on Sept. 16, 2005. The 203,000-gsf, eight-story facility will feature flexible lab and office space designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in areas including cardiovascular sciences, diabetes, cancer, pharmacogenomics, imaging, informatics, and proteomics. Completion is expected in May 2007.
University of Illinois at Chicago Opens College of Medicine Research Building
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) opened its new $145-million College of Medicine Research Building in September 2005. Providing state-of-the-art laboratories for biomedical researchers, the 325,000-sf building represents a 15 percent increase in UIC's total research space. The eight-story facility will bring together researchers in the fields of neuroscience, cardiovascular disease, cancer, women's health, and immunology/transplantation.