• Google Lends Cornell U. 22,000 Square Feet of Office Space for Planning New York City Campus

• U. of Louisville Will Build $31-Million Road Network in Research Park

• Community College Plans 5-Building Complex in Arizona’s San Tan Valley

• Depression-Era Dorm Awaits Demolition at U. of Georgia

• Newberry College’s Mill-Turned-Dorm Draws Students

Johns Hopkins U. has broken ground for a four-story engineering-research facility on its Homewood campus. The 69,000-square-foot building, which will have open floor plans, is expected to house the computer-science department as well as multidisciplinary research institutes focusing on extreme materials, individualized health, and systems engineering. (Johns Hopkins U. rendering)

• U. of Michigan Says It Will Spend $250-Million on Sports Facilities for Teams You Don’t Read About

• Georgetown U. Picks ikon.5 to Design Student Center

• $3.5-Million Plan Will Move Friends U. Art Department to Former Bank, Old Odd Fellows Hall

• Baylor U. Collects Another Big Gift, for Bridge From Campus to New Stadium

The architecture firm HOK has been picked to design a $321-million medical-school complex for the State U. of New York’s U. at Buffalo, beating out three other teams of finalists—Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Cannon Design; Rafael Vinoly Architects with Foit-Albert Associates; and Grimshaw and Davis Brody Bond. Construction is expected to begin next year and be completed in 2016. (HOK Architects rendering)

• FEMA Backs Away From Pledge For Dodge City Community College Events Facility Designed as Tornado Shelter

• Westfield State U. Starts Construction of 410-Bed, $59-Million Residence Hall

• Reinhardt U. Breaks Ground for 4,000-Square-Foot Music Center

• Seattle Subway Tunnel Connects U. of Washington to Downtown, but Trains Are 4 Years Away

The renovation and expansion of the Campus Commons at the State U. of New York at New Paltz has earned its architects, ikon.5, a merit award from the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The project, completed two years ago, added 12,000 square feet—and a sculptural glass enclosure—to a 1970 building. (ikon.5 photo)

• Foundation’s 755-Acre Gift to Lehigh U. Brings Potential for Liability

• Ohio State U. Seeks New Name for Science and Engineering Library

• Consultants Warned California U. of Pennsylvania to Build Smaller Event Center

• U. of Missouri at Columbia Pays Artist, Removes 2001 Tiger Mosaic

Syracuse U. has broken ground for Dineen Hall, which will house the College of Law when construction is completed in 2014. The five-story, 200,000-square-foot building is expected to cost $90-million. Among its other features will be a green roof that will double as a terrace in good weather. (Gluckman Mayner Architects rendering)

• Donor’s Heirs Sue U. of California to Prevent Sale of Garden Site Worth $4-Million

• U. of Minnesota and Hospital Partner Will Build $182-Million Medical Complex, Easing Accreditation Worry for Medical School

• San Jose State U. Shuts 8-Year-Old Housing Complex for Summer Replacement of Pipes

• U. of Wisconsin at Baraboo Plans to Build 1st Residence Hall

• San Francisco State U. Welcomes Food Trucks at Long Last

Tiffin U. has opened a new recreation center that includes an indoor practice field covered with artificial turf, an indoor track, four multipurpose courts, classrooms, and offices. It occupies the side of a former scrapyard. (Tiffin U. photo)

• Despite Insurers’ Flood Worries, Federal Agency Won’t Pay for New U. of Iowa Art Museum

• Oklahoma Law Gives Colleges 8 Years to Trim Energy Costs by 20 Pct.

• Otterbein U. Will Pay Half of Cleanup Price for Former Bomb Plant

• Georgetown U. Replaces Tower Clock’s Hands; Trio of Thieves Remains at Large

Baylor U. is moving ahead with plans for a 45,000-seat football stadium linked to the campus by a bridge across the Brazos River. The facility, designed so that another 10,000 seats can be added in the future, will also have an event center and a Stadium Club. (Baylor U. rendering)

• Texas A&M U., U. of Texas Plan Joint Storage Facility Near Bryan for 1 Million Books

• Yale U. Will Move Nursing School from City to West Campus

• Honors Students, Fraternities Will Share New Jersey Institute of Technology Facility

• Ohio’s Colleges Plan $400-Million Worth of Construction and Renovation

The City of Waverly, Iowa, is moving ahead with plans to build an elegant band shell designed by Ann Cashman and Darian Lu, who graduated from Iowa State U. last weekend with architecture degrees. The shell, made of colored recycled glass, would help audiences hear concerts by the Waverly Municipal Band. Ms. Cashman is from Waverly; Ms. Lu is from Shanghai. (Rendering by Ann Cashman and Darian Lu.)

Corning Community College broke ground this week for a $16-million residence hall on its Spencer Hill campus. The 322-bed facility will house students in 84 suites and will open in late 2013, according to The Leader, a local newspaper. (Licum McCormack VanVoorhis rendering)

• Tulane U. Stadium Could Face Zoning Challenge (Read the university’s response here)

• $8-Million Gift Will Go to Aquatics Center at U. of Southern California

• Georgia Tech Foundation’s Plan to Demolish 1926 Building Angers Neighbors

• For Sale: U. of Cincinnati Architecture Professor’s Mushroom Home (Zillow.com photo)

Rogers State U. will break ground next week for a 38,400-square-foot satellite campus at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Okla., according to KTUL, a Tulsa television station. The new building, a joint project of the university and the industrial park, will have classrooms, labs, a library, an auditorium, lounge space, and a food-service facility. (Rogers State U. rendering)

• Terrace Chairs Will Raise Money for Makeover of U. of Wisconsin at Madison Union

• Upper Iowa U. Returns to New Orleans Building Devastated by Katrina

• Dickinson College Plans Science-Building Addition, Greenhouse, Soccer Stadium

• In Apparent Prank, Hands Disappear From Tower Clock of Healy Hall at Georgetown U.