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How ASU, Vanderbilt, and UW-Madison Are Rethinking Campus Infrastructure, Sustainability, and Space

"I don't believe in deferred maintenance. It's like the national debt—who cares at this point?"

With that, Alexander Kohnen, Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Facilities Officer at Vanderbilt University, sparked an engaging discussion at the Higher ...

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Leadership Series: Paul Goffin, Oxford University

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Leadership Series: Paul Armas, Brown University

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Leadership Series: John Noonan, Duke University

"How sustainable is it to continue to build at the pace that the top universities have for many years?"

This is just...

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After nearly three decades in the Navy, Bob Reuning wasn’t ready to slow down quite yet.

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