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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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Harvard U., Its Houses Full, Won't Accept Transfer Students for 2 Years
Some problems you can’t just throw money at, it seems—not in the short term, at least. Harvard University, the nation’s richest, has run out of room to house undergraduates.
Harvard College, the university’s undergraduate arm, announced last week that it would stop accepting transfer students for two years because it has no place to put them. The announcement also said, somewhat obliquely, that Harvard had “embarked on a planning process for substantial capital investment to renovate and revitalize its residential spaces.”
The Harvard Crimson translated that phrase in an article Friday, saying the university had hired architects to look into providing room for more students. Harvard undergraduates live in 12 residential colleges, which are known as houses. “The reality is that the last couple of freshman classes have been big, and every house is above capacity,” said Jay M. Harris, master of Cabot House. “There wasn’t an inch of space.”
The newspaper reported that moves besides eliminating transfers have been considered. Winthrop House will stop offering seniors an extra, unoccupied room in suites, for instance, and house masters have contemplated moving students from overcrowded houses to those with more available space. James J. McCarthy, master of Pforzheimer House, said the college was “trying to create some breathing space” until major renovations can be completed.
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When the next generation of leaders feels mysteriously compelled to fight territorial wars, we’ll know why.
— S. Britchky Mar 23, 04:01 PM #
This is a huge and terrible mistake on Harvard’s part. The transfer application deadline was February 15th; this announcement came in an e-mail to transfer applicants at 3:05 on March 20th. All of the transfer applicants for 2008-2009 academic years already had submitted their applications, and all of their efforts were for nothing. This is rediculous. Harvard needs to accept the best transfer applicants along with the best Freshman applicants—this is the way college admissions is supposed to work!!
— Seth L. Hunerwadel Mar 24, 02:11 AM #
ps: What a fiasco.
— Seth L. Hunerwadel Mar 24, 02:15 AM #
Yawn. Has it come to this? All Harvard all the time? Just because her endowment is large doesn’t mean she is the only girl in the room. Try to focus, Chronicle.
— Prometheus Mar 24, 08:54 AM #
Will the students who submitted transfer applications and payed the fee be reimbursed? It seems like very shady timing to announce this development.
— Lauren Mar 24, 04:11 PM #
Gee, Billy and Suzie will have to go to good old State U. Having spent 28 years in public universities and knowing that they provide an excellent education, I fail to see the problem.
— Al Mar 24, 04:33 PM #
…but it says in my community college brochure……
— Marci Mar 24, 06:44 PM #