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Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., will develop the Center for Bioengineering & Computational Biology with a $1.6-million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Creating new research laboratories and a bioengineering teaching laboratory, the facility will feature an online system by which participants can view results from experiments conducted in the center over the Internet.

The University of California, San Francisco will invest over $500 million on capital projects at its Parnassus campus over the next five years. Planned new construction or renovations include:

The University of North Carolina has broken ground on the new Science Complex at its Chapel Hill campus. Designed by William Wilson Associated Architects of Boston, the center is the largest construction project ever undertaken on campus. Phase 1 of the Science Complex begins with two buildings totaling $7.9 million. The Physics/Marine Science building includes three large lecture halls, an astronomy deck, two floors of marine science, and two floors of physics.

A new $44 million, 161,792-sf federal courthouse will be constructed in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Slated for completion in 2006, the project will be managed by a subsidiary of Pasadena-based Jacobs Engineering Group, who will provide design and construction services.

Oregon State University is nearing completion of the $20-million Dixon Recreation Center expansion project in Corvallis, Ore. Designed by Yost Grube Hall of Portland, the expansion has created  60,000 sf of space housing a three-court basketball gymnasium with a suspended running track, two cardio-fitness rooms, two weight rooms, multipurpose rooms and classrooms, an outdoor center, a climbing center, lounges, dining, and locker rooms. The facility is one of the first on campus to integrate sustainable design, using recycled materials and natural light and ventilation systems.