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Northwestern University Opens Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly
Northwestern University recently opened the 40,000-sf Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly in Evanston, Ill. The facility encompasses wet chemistry and complementing laboratories, shared microscope and laser facilities, offices, a seminar room, and other support spaces. The facility is the first federally and privately funded nanotechnology center in the country and will provide a scientific basis for technological advances in the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases and in monitoring the environmental factors that can cause illness.
Drexel University Plans Institute for Advanced Forensic Engineering
Drexel University will partner with Swarthmore-based e4n-6 Corp., a computer forensics lab, and El Segundo, Calif.-base Aerospace Corp., a nonprofit defense research firm, to create the Institute for Advanced Forensic Engineering. Aerospace Corp. will provide access to its $140-million worth of computers and communications technologies, accommodating the Institute's research into advanced cyber- and physical forensics.
UC San Diego Breaks Ground on Moores Cancer Center
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla has launched the construction of the new Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, a 270,000-sf facility that will unite the Cancer Center's clinical, research, education, and outreach activities under one roof. Completion of the building, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Los Angeles, is scheduled for 2004. The Cancer Center is one of only 40 in the United States to hold a National Cancer Institute designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Children's Hospital Renovates Stem Cell Transplant Unit
Children's Hospital in Boston has completed extensive renovations to its stem cell transplant unit. Housing 13 rooms for patients undergoing bone marrow transplant therapy, the 8,000-sf acute care project includes associated medical support space. Contractor for the renovation was G. Greene Construction.
University of Alabama Develops Student Recreation Center
The University of Alabama has awarded Holliston-based Wayne J. Griffin Electric the contract to perform all electrical, lighting, HVAC and safety services for renovations and a two-story addition at the new student recreation center in Tuscaloosa. Totalling 180,000 sf, the three-phase project will double the size of the existing facility, construct the addition and add a new gymnasium featuring four full basketball courts.