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Detroit schools launch three construction projects

DETROIT—Detroit Public Schools is launching the first three construction and renovation projects as part of the district’s $500.5 million bond program that together total $64.1 million dollars in contracts, and will mean more jobs for Detroit residents and more work for Detroit-based companies. The DPS School Construction Project, which will build and renovate schools and includes district-wide technology upgrades and security initiatives, are part of the Detroit Public Schools’ three-year capital improvement construction project being funded with $500.5 million federal stimulus dollars following voter approval in November of Proposal S.

For more information, see www.detroit.k12.mi.us

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UC builds community college on UC Davis campus

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Sacramento City College and UC Davis officials joined today at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Sacramento City College Davis Center at UC Davis West Village. The Davis Center will be the first community college extension built on a University of California campus.

The center will be a permanent home for Sacramento City College, which has offered classes in leased space in the city of Davis for more than a decade. The new center will open its doors to more than 2,000 students in spring 2012.

For more information, see www.ucdavis.edu

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UC builds new center

LOS ANGELES—The Staglin IMHRO (International Mental Health Research Organization) Center for Cognitive Neuroscience brings together psychologists, psychiatrists, physicists, neurologists, mathematicians, linguists, electrical engineers and other scientists who study cognitive and emotional processes and how they affect our decision-making and mental health.

The center, which includes state-of-the-science facilities for brain scanning, including a high-field MRI scanner, and electrophysiological laboratories for the study of electrical activity in the brain, is made possible thanks to a generous gift from the family of Garen K. and Sharalyn King Staglin. The Staglins are giving $4 million over 10 years through the Staglin Family Music Festival for Mental Health and their philanthropic organization, the International Mental Health Research Organization.

For more information, see www.universityofcalifornia.edu

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NYC breaks ground on two schools

NEW YORK—New York City Public Schools broke ground on a brand new mixed-use development that will house two public schools. Located at 250 East 57th Street, the $500 million development will house new, modern facilities for P.S. 59 and the High School of Art and Design, which will open to students in September of 2012.

Construction of the schools will be paid for by private developers as part of a partnership with the Department of Education’s Educational Construction Fund (ECF), which develops mixed-use real estate projects featuring new school facilities. The 57th Street complex is the largest ECF project to date.

For more information, see www.nyc.gov

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Michigan Stadium goes smoke-free

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan Athletic Department will make Michigan Stadium a smoke-free zone when the 2010 season opens in September.

Smoking is already prohibited inside Michigan Stadium’s seated bowl area. Now the smoke-free environment will extend to everything inside the gates of the Big House.

For more information, see www.umich.edu

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