(1) New teaching sites were opened in the 1990s in Alessandria , Biella , Ivrea , Mondovì and Vercelli .
(2) In the 1990s , new teaching campuses were opened in Alessandria , Biella , Ivrea , Mondovì and Vercelli .

Do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Choices: a). no. b). yes.
b).