California State University is the largest four-year public university system in the United States. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers, it serves over 479,000 students each year. Like other higher education institutions, most of CSU's renovation, alteration and construction projects are concentrated during specific times of year. With campuses spread across the state, access […]

Binghamton University, which serves more than 17,500 students, has extended its reach to the business sector with the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator, a supportive environment for entrepreneurs and startup companies located in the heart of the city. CHALLENGE: For decades, the university and surrounding Broome County community benefited from the business generated by corporate giant […]

The criteria employers use to evaluate recent college graduates for jobs in the real world of today have changed dramatically. The majority of college classrooms have not kept pace with or do not sufficiently prepare students for the evolving demands of the workplace environment—and employers are noticing. The design elements of the college classroom and […]

It is propitious on the 200th anniversary of the birth of beloved American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau, that we reflect on lessons he learned in the woods. He put it this way: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I […]