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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sorrell Sorrell said that the grant will launch a campus housing initiative that will eventually be accompanied by a larger mixed-use development that includes student and family housing, retail and restaurant spaces, parks, outdoor meeting areas, and classroom facilities—all designed to serve both the campus and the surrounding community.

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Crafting More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jill Wilson, Northwestern University Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Teacher-Researcher Crafts More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Using virtual reality (VR) to transport students to new places in the classroom

Teaching Matters Online Learning

VR’s successful applications range widely: in healthcare , it trains doctors and nurses on complex medical procedures; in the defence sector, it prepares soldiers for the intense realities of combat; and in retail , it enhances employee training across numerous operational areas.

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CCS Showcases Alumni Work at Michigan Central Station’s Detroit Marche

College for Creative Study

The College for Creative Studies (CCS) was honored to participate in the launch of new retail experiences at Michigan Central Station, aimed at supporting Detroit businesses and celebrating local talent.

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Sustainability After Study Abroad: How to Continue Sustainable Practices in the US

AIFS Abroad

It goes without saying that life abroad can be very different from life in the United States from the types of foods that are eaten to the academic structure to the transportation options to the music that is listened to. Transportation. Also, research your local public transportation system.

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Why does teaching matter? Perspective from teaching in Earth Sciences and Physical Geography

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Infrastructures and means of transport are built of material that were rocks (cement, metal, glass). Earth Sciences are directly related to everything you interact with that is not textile, wood or rubber. Most energy is sourced from by-products of rocks (nuclear) or substances extracted from them (hydrocarbons). rare Earth elements).

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