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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.
Shop Talk: Cole Hall Spared, Endowment for Oaks, and More
Hope and perseverance: The president of Northern Illinois University, John G. Peters, announced Tuesday that the university would renovate Cole Hall, the building in which a gunman killed five students and himself in February. After the shootings, the university had planned to demolish the building, but reversed course after hearing from thousands of people in meetings and by e-mail, according to the Associated Press. Said Amy Genova, a graduate student who helped organize a group called Preserve NIU’s Cole Hall: “Honestly, I think the building represents more than the school realized initially. It represents hope and perseverance as well as sadness. Many of us will need to return to that building in order to get some kind of closure.”
Stanford U. is building a new home (left) for its medical school. (Stanford University rendering)
A new building, at last: A $90-million structure is under construction for the Stanford University School of Medicine, which has not had a new building since 1959. The five-story, 120,000-square foot facility was designed by the San Francisco office of the architecture firm NBBJ, and will house classrooms, offices, and space for students to study and socialize. It’s due to open in 2010.
Big bucks for tree care: Live-oak trees are so important to Louisiana State University that it has created an endowment to help maintain them, says The Daily Reveille, the student newspaper. A contributor can claim a particular oak, which the university will mark with a ceremony and a plaque, by making a donation—$10,000 for a tree on the university’s Parade Ground or $4,000 for a tree elsewhere on the campus. So far, 249 of Louisiana State’s estimated 12,000 live oaks have attracted donors. Half of each donation goes into the tree endowment, while the other half goes toward immediate tree-care needs.
Wait—there’s more: A new performing-arts facility at the University of Maryland’s Baltimore County campus will have a smaller footprint than originally planned, but may get LEED certification. … The University of Pennsylvania has appointed Daniel Garofalo as its first sustainability coordinator. … The University of Washington is the new owner of a 22-story office tower in Seattle’s University District that had been the Safeco Insurance Company’s building. … Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects will design a new biomedical-research facility for the University of California at San Diego. The building is expected to cost between $118-million and $135-million and to earn a silver LEED rating.
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