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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: Anne Stephenson
Even the greenest construction project increases a college’s carbon footprint.
Other News
Land-Rich Universities Weigh New Options for Real-Estate Development
Universities are taking advantage of new ways to develop their holdings through corporate partnerships, a new report says.
U. of Iowa Begins Mucking Out and Assessing the Damage
The university's insurer spent the weekend starting to assess the damage to the auditorium and 19 other flooded buildings.
U. of Iowa Flooding Takes Costly Toll in Research and Equipment
Parking lots are under water, some roads leading to the campus are closed, and the campus utility infrastructure is damaged.
New campus buildings
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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.
A Note About the Bush Library Contest
The Chronicle has received a few phone calls and letters from people who say that it is unfair to hold a contest for the George W. Bush Presidential Library when we never held one for the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. “Oh, the designs that one would have brought in!” the complaint goes. Phallic towers. Intern-recreation rooms. Trailer-style buildings. You get the idea.
Keep in mind that our selection of finalists in the Bush Library contest includes a disproportionate number of serious, politically neutral designs compared with what came in. Also, might we point out that even the evangelical Christians at World magazine thought the contest was “fun to look at,” if “tragically ideologized and terribly juvenile.”
But here’s the deal: Had we thought of a library-design contest back when the Clinton Library was proposed, you can bet we would have done it. And there is already talk around here about doing the design contest again with the next president, no matter who it is. You’ll just have to wait four to eight years.
Who knows? Chronicle readers may yet get a chance to design a Clinton library. —Scott Carlson
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Pu-leeeeze, what historical value could possibly be had from Mrs Clinton’s memoirs that shed light on the deal-making between Bill and Hillary that goes something like: “I’ll stick by you throughout this mess if you agree to campaign for me when it’s my turn.”
I guess it might be grist for a new breed of political scientists specializing in Sex in the White House (or in the governor’s mansion).
— HPriestly Mar 18, 08:19 PM #