Gov. Jim Doyle moderates at the State Building Commission meeting Wednesday. The Commission approved the building of a biotechnology research facility on campus. (Justin Koenig/The Daily Cardinal)
The State Building Commission agreed to pay $50 million in state funding for the preliminary phase of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Wednesday, finalizing approval by a seven-to-one vote. The Institute would provide an interdisciplinary biotechnology research facility on the UW-Madison campus.