Ground broken for center

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - A groundbreaking was held today for the $9 million Mississippi State Science and Technology Center at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. It will be the new home of the multi-university Northern Gulf Institute. The 40,000 square-foot building will also provide space for staff and researchers from MSU's Geosystems Research Institute, other university research units and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Coastal Data Development Center. NGI, a NOAA cooperative institute, focuses on research about the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Member organizations are MSU, the University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Dauphin Island Sea Lab. (Source: NGI, 05/03/10)