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Published on
December 14, 2000
Last updated
May 27, 2015

New York institute gets $130m gift
An anonymous donor has given $130 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, to build a biotechnology research building and an electronic media and performing arts centre. The institute expects to increase research spending to about $100 million from $40 million in the next five years.

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