WORCESTER, Mass. — Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) 89,000-square-foot Faraday Hall, a residence hall across from Gateway Park, the university’s 11-acre life sciences-based campus, opened to students in fall 2013.
EVANSTON, Ill. — Construction on Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management building is well underway after breaking ground in November 2013. The five-story, 415,000-square-foot building will serve as a global hub for the school, and is slated for completion in late 2016.
LAUREL, Md. — Monarch Global Academy Contract School opened in October 2014, bringing the globally minded International Baccalaureate curriculum to nearly 500 students.
CINCINNATI — In December, the University of Cincinnati (UC) became the first public university in the country to issue Green Bonds for new construction. Then, the school began issuing the Series 2014C bonds to support the majority of costs related to the $35 million renovation of Scioto Hall.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Western Michigan University (WMU) was one of 10 institutions and individuals honored on Dec. 17 by the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Center for Green Schools, which hosts an annual awards program to recognize the best environmental efforts in schools and universities across the country.
CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University recently began construction on its largest building project to date. The 650,000-square-foot Douthit Hills project will include seven housing facilities for more than 1,730 students — all of which will be interconnected by outdoor spaces that align with Clemson’s Tillman Hall landmark.
NEW YORK — High graduation and college acceptance rates, along with a progressive curriculum infused with science and the arts, have made New York City’s Beacon High School quite popular.
AUSTIN, Texas — A number of universities across Texas are seeking funding for multi-million construction and renovation projects in the coming legislative session, adding up to approximately $3 billion in funding requests.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) building will debut on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie later this spring.
CHARLESTON, S.C.