• Boston, San Jose, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca Top Best-College-Town Lists

• Georgetown U., Montgomery College Contemplate Buying National Labor College’s Campus

• Colorado State U. Considers Building a $246-Million Stadium

• DePaul U. Mulls Moving Basketball Games to Arena in Downtown Chicago

• New Bronx Community College Library Includes 22 Paintings by ‘Brueghel of the Bronx’

Cal Poly Pomona has opened a three-building, $38.4-million complex for its College of Business Administration. The complex, located just north of the university’s landmark administration building, was designed by AC Martin Partners. (Cal Poly Pomona photo)

• Opponents Sue to Prevent New York U. Expansion in Greenwich Village

• At Long Last, Sonoma State U. Readies for Concert Hall’s Premiere

• Maryland Institute College of Art Completes $18-Million Renovation of Former Clothing Factory

• Robert Morris U. Opens 50,000-Square-Foot Building for Communications School

Vassar College plans to start construction of an 80,000-square-foot  science building next summer. The $125-million facility, designed by Ennead Architects, will take the form of a curving bridge over a campus ravine and a brook called the Fonteyn Kill. (Vassar College image)

• New Saint Leo U. Dorm Complex Includes 2,100-Gallon Aquarium, Nap Pods

• U. of Washington Reopens Husky Union After 2-Year Renovation

• U. of District of Columbia Facilities Are Too Big for Stagnant Population, Report Says

• Showdown Looms Between Northwestern U. and Fans of Prentice Women’s Hospital

Nova Southeastern U. has opened a $50-million, 86,000-square-foot Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystem Research. The facility has 15 labs, open-air tanks for growing corals native to the area, and tanks in which conditions can be manipulated to mimic those where other kinds of grow. (Nova Southeastern U. photo)

• U. of British Columbia Opens $34-Million Energy Facility Fueled by Wood Chips

• U. of Massachusetts Board Signs Off on $3.1-Billion Construction, Renovation Plan

• UCLA Will Build Hotel and Conference Center on Campus, Though Local Businesses Object

• Architects Join Campaign to Save Iconic Building From Demolition by Northwestern U. 

Dartmouth College has dedicated the 105,000-square-foot Black Family Visual Arts Center (right), by Machado and Silvetti Associates. Along with a new arts plaza (foreground), the visual-arts building creates an arts complex that also includes Wallace K. Harrison’s 1962 Hopkins Center for the Arts (left), which preceded his Lincoln Center in New York, and Charles Moore’s 1985 Hood Museum of Art (center), now in line for a renovation by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. The new building houses programs in studio art and film and …

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• Even as Campus Expands, Duke U. Sees 30 Pct. Drop in Water Use

• James Madison U. Plans $57-Million Makeover of Recreation Center

• Texarkana, Ark., Welcomes New Branch of Hope Community College

• George Washington U. Has Lots of Room to Expand—on Campus in Virginia’s Loudon County

The U. of West Florida is preparing to dedicate a 36,000-square-foot education center for its College of Business. In addition to group-project rooms, meeting spaces, and offices for student organizations, the building has a three-story atrium, a cafe, and an advising center. (Sasaki Associates image)

• At U. of Alaska at Fairbanks, a Bike-Loan Program Has More Customers Than Bikes

• U. of Colorado at Boulder Begins $91.1-Million Overhaul of Campus Utilities

• To Meet Studiers’ Needs, U. of Iowa Union Stays Open Around the Clock

• Renovation of 1936 Library Earns LEED Gold for Linfield College

The U. of Rochester’s trustees have signed off on building an 18,900-square-foot digital-media facility that will include recording studios, an engineering fabrication lab, study areas, and exhibit space. Architects for the $12.8-million project are Goody Clancy. (Goody Clancy rendering)

• Columbia U. and Museum of Modern Art Bring Frank Lloyd Wright Archive to New York

• Kent State U. Plans New Architecture Building, Other Improvements

• As Budget Constraints Ease, Swarthmore College Resumes Renovations

• Western Illinois U. Will Expand Quad Cities Campus

The City U. of New York’s Bronx Community College has moved into its new library, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. The new building’s opening means that two older landmark buildings on the campus that had served as libraries are currently little used—Stanford White’s Gould Memorial Library and Marcel Breuer’s Meister Hall. (Bronx Community College photo)

• U. of Rochester Plan $100-Million ‘Urban Village’ with Housing, Shops, Hotel

• Financial Woes Force U. of Wisconsin at Madison to Cut Back Bus Service

• Bridge to  Between Stadium and U. of North Texas Campus Is Delayed

• SUNY College at Oswego Unveils $5.8-Million Manufacturing-Lab Addition

• ‘Telegraph’ Slideshow: Beautiful Universities Around the World

• Sandusky Brick Removed from Centennial Walkway in State College

The State U. of New York at Albany has dedicated a 500-bed, suite-style housing complex called Liberty Terrace. The complex, which relies entirely on a geothermal system for heating and cooling, is on track to receive LEED gold certification, the university says. (SUNY Albany photo)