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The University of Hartford has selected William Wilson Associated Architects Inc. of Boston to design, plan and program its new technology complex. The $30 million facility will house sciences, engineering, technology, and technology services.

Stanford University plans to break ground on a new 225,000-sf biotech facility, the Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science. The new $130 million building will house a biotech research program dubbed Bio X which will combine researchers and scientists from over 20 departments, including medicine, engineering,  science, and various biotech and computer subspecialties. Funded by donations from Silicon Graphics for the $10 million core facilities and supercomputer, as well as funding from an anonymous donor, the facility will feature an interdisci

The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill is planning to develop a 1,000-acre site as a satellite campus. The mixed-use development will contain commercial, research and institutional space as well as housing for faculty, staff, and students. Accommodating 25,000 employees and housing up to 3,000, the project will feature additional facilities for research in genomics and bioinformatics.

Washington University is planning to develop its Hilltop campus and School of Medicine with new buildings for education, research and patient care. The $1 billion project includes a $35 million biomedical engineering facility, the Uncas A. Whitaker Hall.

Santa Clara University has received a donation of $20 million, the largest in the school's history. A remodel of the university's library is allotted $15 million; the remainder will provide for scholarships.