Federal stimulus funds $15M expansion of U-M research facilities

The federal stimulus strikes again. This time it’s not funding research as much as it is enabling it with a new building at the University of Michigan.Excerpt:As a new University of Michigan research building opens, another has received funding to begin construction.The federal stimulus is sending $14.8 million toward the U-M Institute for Social Research to build a significant new addition to the institute’s home on Thompson Street. The 50,000 square foot addition will expand the reach of the world’s largest academic social science research and survey organization.It will also create a variety of jobs… estimates suggest as many as 200 more. They will include short-term construction positions as well as long-term research employment.Read the rest of the story here.