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NAU Receives LEED Platinum for Applied Research and Development Building
Northern Arizona University’s Applied Research and Development (ARD) Building was awarded a LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in January of 2008. The project was designed by Burns Wald-Hopkins Architects and built by Kitchell Construction. The top floor of the three-story facility will house NAU's Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics. The 59,821-sf facility, which opened in September of 2008, is the most sustainably designed building in Arizona and one of the top three greenest buildings in the world.
Mercy Memorial Breaks Ground on Ardmore Expansion
Mercy Memorial Hospital broke ground on a $60 million expansion of its Ardmore, Okla., hospital in January of 2008. The new wing is comprised of a five story plus basement patient tower housing 158 private rooms, an ICU, and a woman's health center. Completion is slated for June of 2010.
Missouri State University Plans Electromagnetic Fabrication Laboratory
Missouri State University is planning to construct an electromagnetic device fabrication laboratory at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) in Springfield. Funded by a $125,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, the facility will enable scientists from academia and industry to engage in nanotechnology research and development to create devices that can sense heat, radio, or microwave energy for defense and homeland security applications.
University of Pennsylvania Designs Behavioral Sciences Building
The University of Pennsylvania has selected SmithGroup to provide master planning, programming, and schematic design for a new School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) Neural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS) Building in Philadelphia. The facility unites the Psychology, Biology, Genomics Institute, and Biological Basis of Behavior departments under one roof, creating synergy in teaching and research.
CSU Fresno Plans Biomedical Research Facility
California State University, Fresno was awarded a five-year, $45 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities in early 2008 to construct a new biomedical research facility. CSU Fresno is one of 19 universities in the nation to receive the award. Aiming to integrate teaching and research, the project will support the Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) program.