PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY TO BUILD ARLEN SPECTER LIBRARY

According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, after US Senator Arlen Specter was defeated in the May Democratic primary, the conversation between the president of Philadelphia University, Stephen Spinelli Jr., and  Senator Specter intensified into talk of a library to house the collection, and Philadelphia University applied to the state for funding. “As a normal part of that conversation, we had a discussion about where his stuff would go. We thought it should go in a special place,” Spinelli said. With the state chipping in half the $4 million price, the Arlen Specter Library could open as early as fall 2011. Gov. Rendell signed the $298 million capital budget bill – which includes money for the library plan, among dozens of other handpicked projects – at a Pittsburgh technical center that is slated to get as much as $10 million to create “green job training.” Click here to read the Philadelphia Inquirer article.

STATE-RELATED UNIVERSITIES LEVEL FUNDED

According to an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Penn State received $333.9 million, with $15.8 million of that in stimulus money. Pitt got $168 million, including $7.5 million

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