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After Bumps and Bribery Charges, Frank Gehry's Library Opens at Princeton
For its trouble, the university has gotten a structure that will probably inspire and delight those who work in it. (Photo by Brian Wilson, Princeton U.)
• News Analysis: The 'Green Era' Should Propagate Smarter Buildings
Academic Centers for Athletes Draw Donors
More than a dozen university athletics programs have added lavish new facilities in recent years, and academic-services budgets are soaring, a Chronicle survey finds.
Lessons From Katrina Improve Colleges' Evacuations for Hurricane Gustav
College officials across the Gulf Coast were cautiously relieved that the damage wasn't more severe.
Other News
As Credit Crisis Freezes Colleges, Worries Mount
Colleges have often considered themselves recession-proof. But this week’s events compounded an already-difficult year for many institutions.
Princeton’s Campus Plan Comes Into Full Bloom
The plan "treats the campus as a series of neighborhoods and encourages increasing density."
Loren Pope, Admissions Adviser and Author Known for 'Usonian' House, Dies
In 1939, when he was a $50-a-week newspaper copy editor, he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a 1,200-square-foot house that is now a museum.
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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.
Shop Talk: Money for Building in Michigan, New Campuses in Britain, and More
Left out: A billion-dollar stimulus package proposed by Michigan’s governor, Jennifer M. Granholm, provides money for new projects at Michigan State University, Eastern Michigan University, Saginaw Valley State University, and the University of Michigan’s three campuses, but does not include money for a number of projects at other colleges, including Central Michigan, Ferris State, Grand Valley State, and Western Michigan Universities and Grand Rapids Community College.
In the stars: The University of Western Ontario will get a $9-million upgrade for its astronomy and physics building. The money is part of a $1.6-billion improvement plan in Ontario.
Across the pond: British government officials plan to establish 20 new campuses across the country to serve more than 10,000 students — and they plan to do in within the next six years, The Times reports. The expansion will cost almost $300-million.
Opening for business: The Indiana legislature has given the University of Southern Indiana $36-million to build a College of Business facility. Construction will begin this summer, and the building will open in 2010.
Green Ivy: Princeton University has released its sustainability plan. Shortly after this plan came out, The Chronicle received an e-mail message from a group called “No Greenwash” that said the plan was not ambitious enough. We’ve linked to the plan. You decide.
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