The School of Public Health (SPH) broke ground Oct. 23 for a $70 million addition and renovation project that will include 125,000 square feet of new modern laboratories, classrooms, interaction spaces and community-focused research space. Funding will come from private gifts, SPH resources and capital investment proceeds.

From left to right are: Chasity Wellnitz and Rebecca Danhof, co-chairs of the Public Health Student Association; Noreen Clark, SPH dean; Mary Sue Coleman, U-M president; Paul N. Courant, provost; Kimberlydawn Wisdom, surgeon general of the state of Michigan and an SPH alumna; and Martin Philbert, senior associate dean for research-designate at SPH. (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Service)