PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia school system is currently facing a budget shortfall of roughly $304 million. In October, this intimidating figure prompted two city council members to propose selling advertising space on the district’s buses and facilities as a way to help defray mounting operational costs.
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) debuted its new Center for Arts and Media (CAM) in early November at South City Campus in Salt Lake City.
PHILADELPHIA — Continuing its tradition of creating dynamic on-campus living spaces, University of Pennsylvania officials and donors recently broke ground on the $127 million New College House at Hill Field.
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University’s School of Medicine recently announced that the new Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center is the first building to achieve LEED Gold certification on the medical center campus in Durham.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University law students and faculty will soon enjoy a new, state-of-the-art facility intended to revolutionize legal education. The 200,000-square-foot Dineen Hall will provide a cohesive teaching, research and learning space bringing the law program to a new level.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — As the innovative Brooklyn Prospect Charter School continues to grow, new facilities have been developed to keep pace with expansion and demand. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme school, along with designer Loci Architecture, recently celebrated the opening of several new learning spaces in both BPCS locations.
LOS ANGELES — Plans to equip 650,000 Los Angeles Unified School District students, teachers and principals with iPads, is now delayed. The Los Angeles County School Board continues to disagree on issues such as contracts, web security and curriculum, and has voted to temporarily scale back the iPad initiative.
RICHARDSON, Texas — The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) dedicated the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building on Nov. 7, more than two years after construction began in summer 2011.
NEW YORK — COFXFOWLE Architects, a joint venture between Los Angeles-based CO Architects and New York-based FXFOWLE, designed a seven-story building for the nursing school at the Columbia University Medical Center campus in
ROCHESTER, Mich. — The $64 million Oakland University Human Health Building (HHB) debuted in August 2012 and recently became the first LEED Platinum-certified building on a university campus in the state of Michigan.
