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Hudson Valley Community College has completed its new $8.4 million co-generation facility in Troy, N.Y. Using methane captured from a local landfill, the facility also uses heat generated from the process to heat buildings at the school. Hudson Valley is the first college in the state university system to reach energy independence.

The University of Albany has created the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, the nation’s first college of nanoscience, in Albany, N.Y. Providing infrastructure and environment for attracting new nanotechnology research and development, the college will be housed in the same complex as the Albany Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics located on the Albany Nanotech campus.

The School for Creating and Performing Arts (SCPA) and Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment are planning to build a combined home in Cincinnati that will be the nation’s first K-12 public arts school. The facility will accommodate 1,350 students with improved classrooms, specialized space for practice, display, and performance.

Methodist Health System of Dallas is planning to construct a $100-million general acute-care hospital in Mansfield, Texas. Housing emergency room services, surgical accommodations, and 80 private rooms, the facility will be constructed on more than one million sf and will complement Methodist’s planned imaging center and physician offices in Midlothian. Construction is expected to begin by November 2004; the hospital could become operational in 28 months to three years.

The University of St. Thomas is planning to build a new $22-million facility in downtown Minneapolis for its College of Business’ entrepreneurship program. The four-story Shulze Hall was made possible by a $50-million gift from Richard Schulze, the founder and former CEO of Best Buy.