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Design for the Future When the Future Is Bleak

Amid pandemics and environmental disasters, designers and architects have been forced to imagine a world in which the only way to move forward is to look back. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/t-magazine/design-future-pandemic-climate.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

By Leah Asmelash

Colleges knew the risks but they reopened anyway. Here's how they got it all wrong

Going into the new school year, colleges and universities knew the risks. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/22/us/colleges-universities-reopen-covid-trnd/index.html

By Naomi Schalit

COVID-19 outbreaks at universities: Students need safe places to socialize, not partying bans

As universities have reopened in various ways this fall after spring COVID-19 closures and a rapid move to online learning, new challenges are emerging. Beyond navigating a “new normal” of both virtual and in-person academic learning, universities must confront questions about student life and wellness in a pandemic. https://theconversation.com/covid-19-outbreaks-at-universities-students-need-safe-places-to-socialize-not-partying-bans-145829

By Jenny Anderson

How One District Got Its Students Back Into Classrooms

Cajon Valley in California is doing something that many lower-income districts have postponed: offering in-person instruction. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/us/school-covid-reopening.html?referringSource=articleShare

By Michael S. Roth

Colleges, Conservatives and the Kakistocracy

Universities with traditionally progressive ideals can welcome conservative views, and still reject authoritarianism and hate. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/opinion/campus-free-speech.html?referringSource=articleShare

By David Deming

Community Colleges Can Be Engines of Economic Recovery

With proper funding and innovation, two-year public colleges can handle job training for millions of people. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/business/community-colleges-economic-recovery.html

By Richard Sandomir

Ken Robinson, Who Preached Creativity in Teaching, Dies at 70

Dance, he said, is just as important as math. He was knighted for his work, and his TED Talk on schools and the arts was the most viewed of all time. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/world/europe/ken-robinson-who-preached-creativity-in-teaching-dies-at-70.html?referringSource=articleShare

By Michael T. Nietzel

As Covid-19 Lingers On, Universities Are Adjusting Their Spring Semester Plans

As Covid-19 Lingers On, Universities Are Adjusting Their Spring Semester Plans, Often Eliminating Spring Break https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/13/as-covid-19-lingers-on-universities-are-adjusting-their-spring-semester-plans-often-eliminating-spring-break/#3b1e95c349fd

By SAM BRIGER

As Campuses Become COVID-19 Hot Spots, Colleges Strain Under Financial Pressures

As the fall semester kicks into gear, college campuses have become the pandemic's newest hot spots. The New York Times reports there are more than 88,000 coronavirus cases at the nation's colleges and universities. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913500758/as-campuses-become-covid-hotspots-colleges-strain-under-financial-pressures

By Elizabeth Redden

Lawn Games, Anyone?

As colleges try to tamp down partying by students, administrators consider options for promoting lower-risk -- not no-risk -- social opportunities and providing a semblance of a normal college experience. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/18/colleges-look-lower-risk-ways-students-socialize

By Erica Pandey

The colleges that are getting reopening right

Universities that brought students back to campus have already seen a rough start to the fall, with more than 50,000 infections across the country. But some have seemingly cracked the code. https://www.axios.com/colleges-reopening-coronavirus-cb74be12-8dc1-43fc-9246-aea39760c76b.html

By James S. Russell

Building Public Places for a Covid World

What are architects and urban planners foreseeing as people cautiously gather? Streets “curated” for various uses and dynamic cityscapes that both advance wellness and knit communities together. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/arts/design/architecture-urban-planning-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare

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Rapid Community Innovation: a Small Urban Liberal Arts Community Response to COVID-19

Stories of community resilience and rapid innovation have emerged during the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. As communities, organizations, and individuals have had to shift modalities during the pandemic, they have identified ways to sustain community well-being. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437384/

By James S. Russell

Building Public Places for a Covid World

By Will Jeakle

Stanford Welcomes Students Back To Campus Virtually

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamjeakle/2020/09/10/stanford-asks-new-students-to-embrace-the-challenge-in-virtual-welcome/#60bdeba57aab Stanford hosted the 2020 Convocation for the freshman class of 2024 this week. This year's event checked all the right boxes and said all the right words, but there was still a sense of longing, a nostalgia for the event that might have been.

By Pico Iyer

The Best Reason to Go to College

It’s the same as it ever was: To learn that the world is more than the issues that divide us. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/opinion/college-students-learning.html

By James McCown

As Universities Become More Urban, Campus Planning Is Evolving

At a Think Tank discussion held at SmithGroup in Boston, Metropolis's Susan S. Szenasy led a discussion on new town/gown dynamics. https://www.metropolismag.com/homepage/smithgroup-university-urban-planning/ #townandgown #campusplanning

By Sarah Watson

A New Front in America’s Pandemic: College Towns

The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/colleges-coronavirus-students.html

By ELISSA NADWORNY

Despite Mass Testing, University Of Illinois Sees Coronavirus Cases Rise

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/03/909137658/university-with-model-testing-regime-doubles-down-on-discipline-amid-case-spike A university that many researchers have touted as a potential model for reopening campuses to in-person classes is hitting some bumps in the road. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had implemented a mass coronavirus testing program for staff and students in an effort to keep virus spread on campus under control

By Michael T. Nietzel

Pandemic Fallout:How College Enrollments Were Affected This Summer And What It Suggests For The Fall

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/01/pandemic-fallout-how-college-enrollments-were-affected-this-summer-and-what-it-suggests-for-the-fall/#39d9fe516658

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