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Facilities

How much does food waste awareness reduce the problem?

Campus dining services look for ways to reduce food waste beyond education programs.

Campus security: Helping the college community using GIS and IPS

5 answers administrators need about how geographic information systems and indoor positioning systems can help keep campuses safe

Visible vs. invisible: GIS and IPS for campus security

Making decisions about whether everyone should know about geographic information systems and indoor positioning systems being used by safety officers

Recycling on campuses affected by China’s plastics ban

China’s recent decision to drastically limit the amount and types of recyclable plastics it accepts from other countries has forced colleges to find new ways to handle trash removal.

UB op-ed: Remodel, restore or raze? Evaluating midcentury campus buildings

As these buildings enter their fifth decade of service, school administrators and facility planners are facing a critical decision about what to do with them. New thinking about their promise and potential is beginning to take hold.

Building Stories: Campus groundbreakings

Sacramento State is expanding upper-division student housing, Charleston Southern University is adding on to its new health sciences building, and Dartmouth College is working on a faculty and graduate student center.

Thu Feb 21st, 2019

Driverless shuttles as campus “people movers”

Driverless shuttles are gaining ground at colleges and universities as part of campus transportation planning.

Wed Feb 20th, 2019

Construction Watch: Ohio district looks at building schools on college land

The Marietta, Ohio, district is considering locating new schools on Washington State Community College property as part of a modernization effort.
Thu Jan 31st, 2019

Keeping campuses and campus facilities appearing fresh, and safe

College and university leaders report what they're doing and challenges in keeping campuses appearing fresh, and safe, in a survey on 2019 trends.

Tue Jan 29th, 2019

Look back at 2018: Top higher ed stories

For higher ed, 2018 proved to be a good primer for flexibility and keeping postsecondary missions in focus. More changes to come in 2019.

Mon Jan 28th, 2019

Building Stories: Science Center at Amherst College

A Massachusetts college has transformed an energy-consuming science building that once isolated academic departments into a sustainable facility that now unites the entire campus—not just the sciences.
Mon Jan 28th, 2019