CALIFORNIA:
State Ready to Create Three Research Institutes
Evelyn Strauss
Lured by $300 million in state money, California university officials are scrambling to compete for three planned interdisciplinary research institutes that would be set up under a bill speeding through the state legislature. The legislation--introduced this winter as a way to enhance the state's already strong science and technology base--has won bipartisan support and could be approved as early as next week.