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College Employees Value Campus Environment, 'Chronicle' Survey Finds
When a Chronicle survey asked college employees what they value about their jobs, they put the physical environment in which they work at the top of the list. (Chronicle photograph of Washington & Lee U.)
Rise in Tornadoes, Floods Poses Risk to Colleges
What if the sort of extreme weather that has left the University of Iowa inundated in floodwaters is not a freak event? What if it is a sign of things to come? (Photograph by AP Images)
Art & Architecture Renovations Near Completion at Yale U.
Paul Rudolph's 1963 Brutalist icon is getting a makeover, plus an addition by Charles Gwathmey.
Guest Blogger: Marc Mayerson
Like swashbuckling movie heroes, facilities planners take on herculean tasks.
Other News
U. of Baltimore Competition Draws Designers
In New Headache for SMU's Bush Library, Lobbyist Hints at Cash-for-Meetings Deal
News Analysis: Colleges Should Plan—and Teach—for an Oil-Scarce World
New campus buildings
Multimedia
A Green Building as a Billboard for Science
(A 2006 Chronicle video)
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Buildings & Grounds is written by Scott Carlson (left) and Lawrence Biemiller (right). Scott Carlson writes about architecture, facilties, energy, and sustainability, among other topics. Lawrence Biemiller writes about architecture and facilities and contributes to Notes from Academe. What's happening on your campus? Let us know.
Large New Orleans Building Is Given to Tulane
Tulane University has been given a 15-story building in downtown New Orleans. The Murphy Oil Corporation donated the structure, which includes a 204,500-square-foot building and adjoining parking garage.
A former chair of Tulane’s governing board, Cathy Pierson, helped secure the donation. Ms. Pierson is the sister of the chief executive of Murphy Oil. Tulane officials plan to use the building to continue the expansion of the university’s medical school.
Other universities have inherited large, urban spaces in recent years. Wayne State University is using a building it received from General Motors for a new research park, dubbed TechTown. The Detroit facility, which was built in the 1920s, was used by auto designers, and features a two-lane road throughout its five floors. — Paul Fain
Scott Carlson | Wednesday December 19, 2007 | Permalink | Contact us
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