UWM seeks stimulus funds for 2 big construction projects

Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Journal-Sentinel
By Erica Perez of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jan. 27, 2009

Great Lakes facility upgrade, science building are on wish list

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials are lobbying for federal economic stimulus funding for two major campus construction projects: a $44 million update to the Great Lakes water research facility and a $50 million integrated science research building.

UWM and Wisconsin's other universities, public and private, are among thousands angling for a piece of the $825 million federal pie, but how much money each state's colleges will receive is still unknown.

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