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University of Illinois at Chicago Creates Oral Health Research Facility
The University of Illinois at Chicago will renovate 23,000 sf of existing space to create an interdisciplinary oral health research facility. The project is supported by $9.9 million in federal stimulus funding and includes 9,000 sf of new research space. The facility will house a vivarium for animal research, core facilities, and laboratories for clinical and translational research. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
Center for Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Opens in Turkmenistan
The Center for Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases opened in September of 2010 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The 260-bed facility is part of a $103 million medical city that includes the 150-bed Central Skin and Venereal Diseases Hospital, the 60-bed Tuberculosis Treatment and Prevention Center, the Center for AIDS Prevention, and the Central Laboratory and Blood Center.
Texas State University Opens School of Nursing
Texas State University opened the $36 million St. David School of Nursing in September of 2010. Located in Round Rock, the three-story facility includes nine simulation labs and a total of 76 mannequins.
U.S. DOE Breaks Ground on Renovation and Expansion of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy broke ground in September of 2010 on a $73.2 million expansion and renovation of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va. Construction of the Technology and Engineering Development Facility is expected to reach completion in late 2011. The laboratory will support research on nuclear physics, accelerator science, applied nuclear science and technology, and advanced superconducting radiofrequency instrumentation.
University of Texas Builds El Paso Facilities
The University of Texas at El Paso is building three new facilities on its El Paso campus. A $69.2 million, 140,000-sf expansion of the Chemistry and Computer Science building will house the Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics Annex, the Research and Academic Data Center, the W.M. Keck Center for 3-D Innovation expansion, and the Center for Space Exploration Technology Research Propulsion Lab.