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Higher-ed building boom proposed for Michigan
Michgan is gearing up for its largest-ever higher education building push in an effort to kick-start the economy and replace some deteriorating campus buildings. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has recommended nearly $1 billion in construction projects at 10 universities and 15 community colleges, including a biology building at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a biomedical research building at Wayne State University in Detroit and expansion of the engineering and plant sciences buildings at Michigan State University in East Lansing.