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Tsai Lu Liu Appointed Dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tsai Lu Liu has been appointed dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD) at Virginia Tech, effective Jul. Liu’s scholarly work focuses on analysis of user experience, applications of design thinking, industrial design processes, product development and manufacturing, and pedagogy. Liu holds a B.S.

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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025

CAPD

MIT also placed second in seven subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Architecture/Built Environment; Biological Sciences; Business and Management Studies; Chemistry; Earth and Marine Sciences; and Economics and Econometrics. Rankings are based on research quality and accomplishments, academic reputation, and graduate employment.

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Designing A Successful Engineering Building: A Case Study of Fitts-Woolard Hall

Clark Nesxen

Completed in 2020, working on the 225,000 square feet Fitts-Woolard Hall was incredibly unique because it has various laboratories, such as a structural testing lab, a large-scale driving simulator, computational labs, and education and research labs. Since we were able to coordinate early, the project was indeed an integrated process.

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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

The Change Leader, Inc.

Corporate Sponsorships: Companies like Ford Motor Company are entering into collaborative research and facility-sharing agreements with universities, creating mutual value while funding new infrastructure. students in robotics to advance mutual research priorities. UC Merced 2020 , a $1.3B What are the benefits for doing that?

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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2023

CAPD

MIT also placed second in five subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Architecture/Built Environment; Biological Sciences; Chemistry; and Economics and Econometrics. Rankings are based on research quality and accomplishments, academic reputation, and graduate employment. The Institute received a No. MIT has been ranked as the No.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a researcher in the areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning, I wanted to make sure the new MSCS degree program had a strong framework of courses in machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing and other core AI topics, along with course offerings in application and theory.

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Material World: The Importance of Selecting Healthy Materials for K-12 Projects

Clark Nesxen

According to Architecture 2030, “The built environment is responsible for about 42% of annual global carbon emissions.” If carpet is desired for acoustics, manufacturers have responded with hybrid flooring alternatives. The AIA 2030 Challenge targets having all new buildings and renovations be carbon-neutral by 2030.