The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate will be a non-profit

Non-profit organization

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 educational institution instigated by and named after Senator Edward M. Kennedy

Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...

. The Institute's mission will be to educate the general public, students, teachers, new senators, and Senate staff about the role and importance of the United States Senate

United States Senate

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Location, design, and construction

The Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts

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, near the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

John F. Kennedy Library

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. It is located on Columbia Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, next to the Boston campus of the University of...

, on Columbia Point

Columbia Point (Boston)

Columbia Point, later referred to as Harbor Point, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts sits on a peninsula jutting out from the mainland of eastern Dorchester into the bay.-History:...

 in the Dorchester

Dorchester, Massachusetts

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 neighborhood of Boston

Boston

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. The building was designed by Rafael Viñoly

Rafael Viñoly

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 and will conform to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....

 (LEED) specifications for sustainable building. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 8, 2011.

External links

• Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate