As an engineer and NJIT alum himself, Andrew Christ understands what it takes to “walk the talk” as a modern polytechnic university. Here, Andrew shares some lessons learned from the pandemic and his perspective on what’s next for higher education...
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The University of Florida (UF) is in the midst of a major endeavor—bringing the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology to life. Spanning 263,000sf, the brand-new academic building will be a hub for all things related to the...
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The future is always in view for the UCF Lake Nona Medical Center. While the 3-floor, 200,000sf hospital offers space for 80 licensed patient beds, 4 operating rooms, 20 emergency department bays, and administrative support spaces, it was designed with...
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Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaii at Manoa hosted 5 freshmen, 5 preparatory students, and 13 faculty in temporary quarters near Honolulu’s Thomas Square. Well over 100 years later, the school has opened its latest addition on its modern...
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It was Layton Construction’s version of the Big Bang—the implosion of one of Vanderbilt’s four Carmichael Towers in July 2019, an important milestone in the school’s Residential Colleges and West End Neighborhood Improvement project. Since then, Layton has made significant...
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When students don’t return to campus, what happens to the buildings? Here facilities executives from three higher education institutions shed light on how COVID-19 has affected the physical campus and their predictions on what’s to come.
Experts Anne Papageorge, Vice President...
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Every two years the student government at the University of Florida polls students on what the university can do to improve. And every year, students responded they needed more locations to study on campus.
That’s when the first seeds of the...
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Since 1848, the students at Sacred Heart Greenwich in Connecticut have committed themselves to a history of excellence, as students and community leaders. That commitment extends to athletics, too, where an age-appropriate approach to wellness and fitness carries on from...
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If “isotope geochemistry” sounds complicated, that’s because it is—which means its researchers and students have very specific needs when it comes to a laboratory space.
At Boston College, the Earth & Environmental Sciences Department wanted a new lab to house this...
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As every homeowner knows, turning on the air conditioning means a huge spike in the electric bill—particularly through the dog days of summer. Now imagine what an urban college campus must generate to keep its buildings comfortable. Efficiency is critical.
As...
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