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BUFFALO, N.Y.Powerful Social Learning Tools Drive Digital Age Instruction
Sixth-graders in Fresno, Calif., are using blogs, communication tools and virtual workspaces for collaborative projects with peers in Russia, Iceland, and Singapore to exchange cultural information and explore architecture, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural and manmade phenomena.
University Health Center Cuts Wait Time for Students
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State University’s main campus in Tempe, Ariz., has unveiled its renovated Health Services Building, an energy-efficient facility where patients wait less to get help.
Green Building Benefits
Stuart Brodsky has dedicated his 25-year career at Cannon Design in Chicago to designing and planning educational facilities. At a firm renowned for its K-12 expertise, Brodsky’s projects have received national recognition by organizations such as the American Institute of Architects, the Council for Educational Facility Planners and the American Association of School Administrators.
Bridge-Netting Intended to Boost Student Safety at Cornell
ITHACA, N.Y. — Two years ago, Cornell University made headlines when it saw a spike in suicides.
Urban Schools: What鈥檚 Next
Urban school facilities can be very challenging because they have undergone extensive change during the last 60 years. It began in the 1950s when urban school districts and first-ring suburbs experienced major growth. This was followed by the impact of desegregation in the 1960s and a rapid decline in enrollment in the 1970s related to lower birthrates and migration to the suburbs.
SDSU Installs Its Second Largest Solar Array
SAN DIEGO — Those at San Diego State University are committed to clean energy. SDSU is now powering one of its busiest student facilities with solar energy. The Aztec Recreation Center is the newest addition to student initiated sustainability projects on campus. The ARC is managed by the student group, Associated Students and will be the second largest solar array on campus.
Q&A: Maintenance and Operations, 21st-Century Style
The Maintaining and Operating of Schools Goes Far Beyond Just Cleaning and Construction
Much has changed over the decades in the maintenance and operations of schools. The facilities industry no longer just comprises individuals who know a little something about construction or cleaning. New building technologies and increasing legislative requirements have placed a strong focus on professionalism and the importance of working with industry leaders.
Adapting New Business in an Old Building
By Tania Salgado, AIA, LEED AP, Design Principal, RNL.
Building Projects Discussed at 8th Education Facilities Management Forum
CHICAGO — More than 150 delegates from educational facilities across Illinois attended the 8th Education Facilities Management Forum on April 25, at Chicago’s Soldier Field.