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  • At 80, he designs beautiful cityscapes Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:00PMAccording to R. K. Naik, ranger of Khandagiri Forest Range, Das is the best landscape designer of the state. "Even at this age, he prepares the plans so beautifully. We get inspiration from his energy and passion for work," said Naik.
  • Ayers Saint Gross Promotes Melissa Lynch to Senior Associate Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 3:15AMBALTIMORE, Md. Baltimore architecture firm Ayers Saint Gross announces the promotion of Melissa Lync...
  • Monroe-based landscape architect Jack Curtis brings together texture, color and space Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 3:00AMFew people pay much attention to the design of a flat roof. Jack Curtis does. Curtis, a Monroe-based landscape architect, has worked in recent years on designing some so-called “green roofs,” which consist of soil, grasses and plants and have ecological and economic benefits. A green roof usually cuts in half the amount of water that flows off the roof and eventually finds its way into a water ...
  • Top 5 courses after class 12 Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 1:55AMDo you have it in you to be a journalist or an architect? Youngbuzz.com lists out the top five courses you can take up after your higher secondary school examinations and just what qualities should you have to become successful.
  • Ambler Gazette Community Datebook: Week of April 7 Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 12:36AMEducation Want to know about the latest technology being integrated with curriculum in our schools? Check out the “Technology Tasting” event at Upper Dublin High School April 7 at 7 p.m. The evening begins with an “appetizer,” featuring the UDHS Guidance Department and Naviance (Guidance). The “first course,” Teacher Web Pages, will introduce parents to the newest Web 2.0 tools and wikispaces ...
  • Temple Ambler campus turns 100 Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 1:22AMTemple Ambler looked very different when Mary Anne Fry was a student.
  • Integrative Arts among new wave of cuts Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 3:39AMThe Smeal College of Business and the College of Arts and Architecture are the latest Penn State colleges to announce future program cuts, officials confirmed Wednesday.
  • Cheap Ideas to Decorate Your Walls Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 2:08PMEvery home starts out with barren walls. Deciding what to hang on them can be a challenge at first, until you realize that walls are the perfect place to display pretty much anything you desire.
  • UMass faculty voice concerns over CHASS consolidation proposal Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 10:22PMUniversity of Massachusetts faculty have voiced concerns with Provost James Staros' CHASS proposal.
  • Business People Twin Cities Sunday, February 6, 2011 @ 12:16AMARCHITECTURE/ ENGINEERING HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis, won the Minnesota Military Family Tribute design competition on the Minnesota
  • Upcoming arts and entertainment events Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 4:19AMETC.
  • Little hub on the prairie Friday, December 3, 2010 @ 5:03PMEconomic and population growth keep Fargo at the forefront ofthe state.
  • On campus - June 20, 2010 Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 9:29PMKarin Stapleton Smith , Bismarck, is a March 31 graduate of Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minn., and received her diploma at graduation ceremonies held on May 8. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in intercultural studies. She is married to Matthew Smith .
  • Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the much reviled tree of heaven Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 11:00PMThe misnamed tree of heaven has been outlawed in the District for more than a century. No one has planted it in decades. Still it grows. Alongside railroad tracks, in the cracked blacktops of abandoned lots, in dark, stagnant alleys. Harvard University - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Massachusetts
  • C.U. Enters Into Transfer Agreement With N.J. College Thursday, May 6, 2010 @ 3:29AMCornell’s Human Ecology and the Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, N.J. entered into an agreement last month to facilitate the transfer of RVCC students to Cornell.
  • Midrange muscle: Patio trees can handle variety of design demands Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 4:05PMSometimes I ask my editor for advice: “For next week, do you want Topic A, or do you want Topic B?” Her answer: “I want Topic C”! Of course you do. It’s a idea, though: The topic is “small trees.”
  • Yale reworks campus landscaping Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 3:55AMYale’s most recent plans to relandscape its picturesque campus may not be realized for at least another spring, until more fruitful economic times return.
  • The Life and Times of Java and James Gosling Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 2:06PMDr. Gosling Is in the House Equipped with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon's famed Computer Science program and experience in the industry building tools and systems for developers, James Gosling launched a project to deliver a platform that would enable programmers to write an application once and run it anywhere.
  • Nature and Academia Explored In Greenhouse Display on Quad Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 1:22AMDisplaying the intersections of disciplines at Cornell, three greenhouses filled with specimens and images from various research projects across the University are on display on the Arts Quad for the rest of the week. These greenhouses comprise the “Stories as Nature” art installation by Yehre Suh, visiting critic in architecture.
  • Academic cuts at UNLV called 'serious' Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 7:00PMSeven academic departments and a service center for teachers are on the chopping block at UNLV as university administrators consider how to implement the latest round of state budget cuts.
  • Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club offers scholarships Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 12:40AMLAKE COUNTY – The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is offering two $1,000 scholarships this year. Club President Jo Jameson said the club is proud to offer the scholarships this year in memory of Elizabeth Whitehead and to honor current member Carol Kesey.
  • Urban Wildlife: The Safari 7 Reading Room Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 9:38AMAn exhibit in New York City teaches us how a city's infrastructure informs its urban wildlife—and vice versa. Rambling from Times Square to outer Queens, New York City’s 7 train is fascinating. It dives under the East River before zipping above ground past warehouses, parks, an impressive array of graffiti, and wetlands. It travels to the nation’s most ethnically diverse county and has been ...
  • NewSchool Students Win Top Honors at Orchids and Onions Event -- Design Project Commended as Innovative Approach to ... Friday, December 4, 2009 @ 1:00AMStudents from the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) were awarded top honors at the 2009 Orchids & Onions Awards Ceremony, an event sponsored by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. The students were recognized for their innovative design of an intermodal transportation center at San Diego International Airport.
  • Sustainability certificate to promote green in curriculum Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 7:29PMTerry Halbert, director of the GenEd program and overseer of a new Sustainability Certificate to be offered, explains the link between student interest and sustainability.
  • Atlanta’s colleges key to revitalization of its core Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 7:15PMAtlanta’s colleges key to revitalization of its core
  • Joy Constructed Monday, November 9, 2009 @ 12:12AMA new show champions the sinuous legacy of Eero Saarinen.
  • Four K-State architecture programs rank top-10 nationally Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 5:15AMThe College of Architecture, Planning and Design at K-State has been successful, with four of the college’s programs ranked in the top 10 in the nation. According to a 2009 DesignIntelligence and Design Futures Council survey, the bachelor of interi...
  • ARCHITECTURE REVIEW | New building does not fit in Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 4:10AMRosenkranz Hall appears on Yale’s campus like a Piet Mondrian in a room full of Rembrandts: out of place.
  • UA faces tough competition at Solar Decathlon Thursday, October 22, 2009 @ 10:26AMThe public tours the international U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, featuring energy-efficient, solar-powered houses built by 20 university teams from North American and Europe, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
  • Despite innovations, UA falters in solar event Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 2:17AMThe innovative water wall, hinged roof and solar popcorn popper weren't enough to bring glory to the UA's Solar Decathlon Team, which disassembled its solar house on the National Mall Monday.
  • Arizona finishes 18th at Solar Decathlon Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 2:46AMAn observer sits in The University of Arizona's solar-powered house at night during the Lighting Design contest at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in the Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 12, 2009.
  • Cemetery wall alteration plan withdrawn Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 2:44AMThe proposal to alter the walls of the Grove Street Cemetery has been withdrawn, the cemetery’s governing committee said Tuesday.
  • Trying to save 2nd base Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 11:39PM'Boobie Bus' aims to increase breast cancer awareness The boobie bus is here. And it is fighting breast cancer. Two boobies at a time. The car is part of the Feel Your Boobies Foundation, a national campaign to increase breast cancer awareness among young women. The group spread their message yesterday on th...
  • Roxbury Collage Exhibit Features Valley, Wooster Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 5:14PMROXBURY-Collage, assemblages of various forms-newspaper clippings, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork, photographs and other found objects glued together to create a new work-made a dramatic comeback in the early 20th century as a novelty art form.
  • Campus News Thursday, October 1, 2009 @ 4:13AMDean's lists for the 2009 spring semester have been announced by eight colleges and another academic unit at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dean's list eligibility is limited to the top 20 percent of a student's college class or curriculum. To be eligible for the dean's list recognition, students must complete at least 14 academic semester hours taken for letter grade.
  • Landscape Architects Announce 2009 Student Awards Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 1:16PMWASHINGTON----Today the American Society of Landscape Architects announced the winners of the 2009 Student Awards. Representing the top student honors in the profession, ASLA will present the awards to team representatives for 21 projects in seven categories from colleges and universities around the world.
  • The Future is Green Monday, September 7, 2009 @ 11:08AMEncore broadcast that originally aired May 21, 2009. MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm Maureen Cavanaugh. You're listening to These Days on KPBS. We've all known for quite some time that being kind to the environment was a worthy endeavor.
  • 10 great places to stream through cities Thursday, September 3, 2009 @ 2:20PMRivers and canals helped great cities grow - and many are spurring waterfront redevelopment with cruises and tours.
  • Ricoh Announces nQueue Billback Enhancement Passes Compatibility Testing Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 9:59AMWEST CALDWELL, N.J., Sept.
  • Ricoh Announces nQueue Billback Enhancement Passes Compatibility Testing Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 8:00AMRicoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that nQueue Billback's updated iA Embedded for Ricoh solution has passed the Ricoh Developer Program (RiDP) compatibility testing process.
  • 10 great places to stream through cities Thursday, August 27, 2009 @ 7:56PMRivers and canals helped great cities grow - and many are spurring waterfront redevelopment with cruises and tours.
  • Dinosaur Bar-B-Que opening in Troy Wednesday, August 26, 2009 @ 4:17PMDinosaur Bar-B-Que has committed to opening its fourth restaurant, this one in the former Fresno’s on the Hudson River in Troy, N.Y.
  • Email Newsletters Thursday, August 13, 2009 @ 6:51PMThe Purdue University College of Agriculture and Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Ind., are partnering on a new program to help make higher education even more accessible to Indiana students.
  • Art museum still raising funds for construction Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 9:43PMAlthough construction of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum was delayed earlier this spring, university officials said the project is on schedule to break ground in spring 2010.
  • Cornell University Chooses Thermablok(R) to Insulate Its 2009 Solar Decathlon 'Silo House' Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 10:13AMCornell University students are preparing to preview their eco-friendly "Silo House" at the New York State Fair August 27-September 9, 2009, just weeks before the 2009 Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, DC.
  • Stores busted for selling kids alcohol Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 12:43PMMore than a dozen Tacoma businesses failed liquor compliance checks conducted by the Washington State Liquor Control Board and Tacoma Police Department earlier this month. Two teams of officers checked 45 businesses for sales/service of alcohol to minors. ...
  • Upper Cape announces awards, scholarships for class of '09 Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @ 5:22PMUpper Cape Cod Regional Technical SchoolGRADUATION 2009 AWARDS Academic ScholarshipsConstruction / Mechanical Cluster
  • TacomaACTS seek business partners Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @ 12:37PMTacoma Alliance for Clean Technology and Sustainability, facilitated by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, is soliciting applicants for its pilot program for "green businesses." Businesses in all industries and sizes are encouraged to apply. ...
  • Senate Faculty OKs College of Natural Sciences at UMass Thursday, May 14, 2009 @ 7:38PMAMHERST - In a meeting that packed Herter Hall at the University of Massachusetts campus Thursday afternoon, the Faculty Senate by one vote recommended creation of a College of Natural Sciences.
  • Homeowners might soon get advance on tax credit Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 2:04PMThe state Senate Ways and Means Committee unanimously adopted an amendment to the state budget authorizing the state to invest $25 million in a short-term loan program in order to provide a cash advance on the federal, first-time home buyers' tax credit, allowing potential home buyers to utilize the tax credit as down payment when closing the sale of their first home  instead of  receiving  a ...