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Texas A&M University opened the 166,000-sf Agriculture and Life Sciences Building in September of 2011. Located on the West Campus, the five-story building houses classrooms and administrative offices for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as the departments of Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications; and Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences. The building will also provide space for Texas Agrilife Research and the Texas Agrilife Extension Service. 

Harvard University will begin construction in December of 2011 on the $100 million Tata Hall in Boston. Located on the Allston campus, the seven-story building will provide classrooms and student residences for Harvard Business School. Completion is expected in late 2013.

The Wistar Institute broke ground in September of 2011 on a $100 million biomedical research tower in Philadelphia. The seven-story, 89,700-sf facility will house five floors of research labs as well as meeting space and an auditorium. Designed by Ballinger, the project includes demolition of less than one third of Wistar’s existing 103,750-sf cancer research building and vivarium. 

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is building the Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Metrology Facility (NMF). The 32,000-sf facility will provide a temperature-stabilized research environment with minimized vibration and electromagnetic fields. The NMF will include a nanofabrication cleanroom, a materials preparation facility, and laboratories for nanofiber characterization, manufacturing metrology, and nanophotonics.

Dartmouth College opened the $127.5 million Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center in September of 2011. The facility features interactive classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, seminar rooms, and a rooftop greenhouse. The construction cost of the facility was $92 million. LEED Platinum sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center will be dedicated in November of 2011.