Purdue brews Boiler Gold and Boiler Black to fund academic programs. Nicholls State's Colonels Retreat Lager may lead to wine and spices. And beer is a good luck charm at New Mexico State.
With growing on-campus housing demands, larger living and learning communities are being designed. These larger communities create neighborhoods within the greater campus. UB guest columnists Luis Bernardo and Jessica Pagan Aello say it is vital that the communities have a sense of identity and are easily navigable.
The name of a familiar retailer glowing from a big-box storefront can provide a source of comfort for students and families arriving on campus for the first time. That's one reason more colleges are inviting companies such as Target, large grocery chains and others to set up shop.
Target will open another three smaller versions of its big boxes on and around college campuses this fall. The company's move coincides with a trend of other major retailers opening locations on and around college campuses.
The nearly $30 million complex, which will include classroom and lab space, is the state of Tennessee’s largest community college building project to date.
Colleges and universities around the country are teaming with providers and organizations on new programs, covering public interest technology, retail management, employee mortgage loans, clean energy research, online courses and equity.
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.
