Campus UTWENTE - Oct 3
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Environment - Oct 2
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Pharmacology - Oct 2
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Career - Oct 2
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Environment - Oct 2
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Economics - Oct 2
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Campus UMICH - Oct 2
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities
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Civil Engineering - Event - 13.06.2017 
Bridges in Austria often exceed expectations
Assessing old bridges using modern standards is no mean feat. Studies conducted by TU Wien show that many bridges are actually significantly more stable than might be expected, often rendering costly restoration work unnecessary.
Civil Engineering - 31.05.2017 
Detroit: Community organizing helped stabilize neighborhoods after mortgage crisis
ANN ARBOR?Detroit neighborhoods that survived the subprime mortgage crisis and recession had something special in common: community.
Civil Engineering - Environment - 24.05.2017
Civil Engineering - Environment - 18.05.2017
Civil Engineering - Environment - 18.05.2017 
Not All Cool Pavements Are Created Equal
Berkeley Lab finds that the choice of pavement material can significantly impact carbon emissions, creates decision tool for cities to use Cool pavements can help keep cities cool, right? Yes, but according to new research from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), many reflective pavements have some unexpected drawbacks relative to conventional pavements when considering the entire life cycle of the materials.
Civil Engineering - 17.05.2017 
Reducing phosphorus entering the Detroit River; real-time, autonomous stormwater control
ANN ARBOR?Efforts to control Lake Erie's algae problem have largely focused on reducing the levels of the nutrient phosphorus entering western Lake Erie from the heavily agricultural Maumee River watershed.
Civil Engineering - Environment - 17.05.2017 
Bumblebee populations higher in Detroit than in some less-urbanized areas; vacant lots could be a factor
ANN ARBOR'A new study of native bumblebee populations in southeastern Michigan cities found, surprisingly, that Detroit has more of the large-bodied bees than some surrounding, less urbanized locations. The University of Michigan students who conducted the study suspect that the large amount of vacant or idle land in Detroit may boost the bumblebee population by providing nesting sites and flowers for food.
Civil Engineering - Materials Science - 09.05.2017
Environment - Civil Engineering - 26.04.2017 
Soundwalks in Urbana parks put participants in touch with sonic environments
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eric Leonardson wants you to listen - really listen - to the sounds around you.
Agronomy / Food Science - Civil Engineering - 25.04.2017
Architecture - Civil Engineering - 20.04.2017
Administration - Civil Engineering - 18.04.2017
Civil Engineering - 13.04.2017
Social Sciences - Civil Engineering - 11.04.2017
Social Sciences - Civil Engineering - 10.04.2017
Civil Engineering - 20.03.2017
Civil Engineering - Administration - 16.03.2017
Civil Engineering - Administration - 03.03.2017 
Bristol showcases city-wide test beds in the European capital
The University of Bristol is playing a lead role in the creation of experimental test beds that will drive digital innovation and shape the way cities of the future operate.
Civil Engineering - Economics - 23.02.2017
Civil Engineering - Economics - 16.02.2017 
What cities want: exploring future strategies for urban mobility
Research news Munich, Singapore, Boston: three very different cities on three different continents with their own distinctive 'urban identities.
Environment - Civil Engineering - 15.02.2017
Civil Engineering - 08.02.2017
Environment - Civil Engineering - 06.02.2017
Civil Engineering - 24.01.2017
Civil Engineering - Mathematics - 10.01.2017 
How to inflate a hardened concrete shell with a weight of 80 t
At TU Wien, an alternative for resource intensive formwork for the construction of concrete domes was developed.
Life Sciences - Civil Engineering - 05.01.2017 
Deaths
Jerry Boardingham , 72, of Rantoul, Illinois, died June 20 at Heartland Health Care in Champaign. He worked at the university in custodial services and in food service.
Civil Engineering - Environment - 03.01.2017
Environment - Civil Engineering - 19.12.2016
Administration - Civil Engineering - 15.12.2016 
The SMART-FI City of the Future
Today, 54% of the world population live in cities and by 2050, this figure is estimated to reach 66%.
Administration - Civil Engineering - 09.12.2016
Environment - Civil Engineering - 30.11.2016 
Weathering of Cement is an Important but Overlooked Sink for Carbon Dioxide
A new multinational study shows that cement acts as a significant carbon dioxide (CO2) sink, one that has hitherto gone unaccounted for in global carbon-cycle analyses. Drawing upon field surveys conducted in China coupled with a meta-analysis of previous studies done on cement, a team led by Caltech's Zhu Liu found that between 1930 and 2013, weathering of cement absorbed about 4.5 gigatons of carbon (GtC) from atmospheric CO2.
Civil Engineering - 25.11.2016
Physics - Civil Engineering - 23.11.2016 
Sensing the stresses in advanced composite structures
Advanced composites such as glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRPs) are light, stiff, strong, durable materials that can be flexibly shaped to build large load-bearing structures.
Civil Engineering - Event - 15.11.2016
Civil Engineering - Earth Sciences - 08.11.2016
Civil Engineering - Environment - 01.11.2016 
The sustainability promise of the vacant lot
A new book by UC Berkeley architecture professor Nicholas de Monchaux argues that the most valuable resource to boost American cities' resilience in the face of climate change is the lowly vacant lot.
Civil Engineering - Economics - 31.10.2016
Civil Engineering - 31.10.2016
Health - Civil Engineering - 27.10.2016 
Schmallenberg virus may reappear, warn experts
Schmallenberg virus is unlikely to be circulating in the south of England, but more needs to be done to warn vets and farmers of future disease outbreaks, a new University of Liverpool study reports. Lack of Schmallenberg virus circulation makes governments, vets and farmers lose awareness, but decreasing herd immunity could lead to outbreaks in the years to come, the research suggests.
Computer Science - Civil Engineering - 24.10.2016
Civil Engineering - Health - 18.10.2016
Civil Engineering - Environment - 13.10.2016
Health - Civil Engineering - 12.10.2016
Civil Engineering - 12.10.2016
Civil Engineering - 11.10.2016
Civil Engineering - 07.10.2016
Environment - Civil Engineering - 05.10.2016
Civil Engineering - Social Sciences - 30.09.2016
Health - Civil Engineering - 28.09.2016
Civil Engineering - Architecture - 19.09.2016 
Blueprints for renewal
Most of us have looked at an ugly building and thought: I could do better than that. Brent Ryan turned that idea into a career.
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Assessing old bridges using modern standards is no mean feat. Studies conducted by TU Wien show that many bridges are actually significantly more stable than might be expected, often rendering costly restoration work unnecessary.
ANN ARBOR?Detroit neighborhoods that survived the subprime mortgage crisis and recession had something special in common: community.
Stanford dance faculty member seeks common ground in the rural West
Alex Ketley's film documents his research about the role dance plays in rural life and challenges the "urban/rural prejudice" commonly found in urban environments.
Alex Ketley's film documents his research about the role dance plays in rural life and challenges the "urban/rural prejudice" commonly found in urban environments.
Royal seal of approval for sustainable urban development work
HRH The Prince of Wales visited Kellogg College at the University of Oxford earlier this week to see work being done to address the challenges of global urbanisation.
HRH The Prince of Wales visited Kellogg College at the University of Oxford earlier this week to see work being done to address the challenges of global urbanisation.
Berkeley Lab finds that the choice of pavement material can significantly impact carbon emissions, creates decision tool for cities to use Cool pavements can help keep cities cool, right? Yes, but according to new research from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), many reflective pavements have some unexpected drawbacks relative to conventional pavements when considering the entire life cycle of the materials.
ANN ARBOR?Efforts to control Lake Erie's algae problem have largely focused on reducing the levels of the nutrient phosphorus entering western Lake Erie from the heavily agricultural Maumee River watershed.
ANN ARBOR'A new study of native bumblebee populations in southeastern Michigan cities found, surprisingly, that Detroit has more of the large-bodied bees than some surrounding, less urbanized locations. The University of Michigan students who conducted the study suspect that the large amount of vacant or idle land in Detroit may boost the bumblebee population by providing nesting sites and flowers for food.
EPFL to participate in a concrete canoe race for the first time
This semester, eight civil engineering students at EPFL will take part in a slightly off-the-wall challenge: they are building a reinforced-concrete canoe that they will then race in a university regatta in Germany.
This semester, eight civil engineering students at EPFL will take part in a slightly off-the-wall challenge: they are building a reinforced-concrete canoe that they will then race in a university regatta in Germany.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eric Leonardson wants you to listen - really listen - to the sounds around you.
Toward greener construction: UW professor leads group setting benchmarks for carbon across life of buildings
A University of Washington-led research group has taken an important step toward measuring - and ultimately reducing - the global carbon footprint of building construction and long-term maintenance.
A University of Washington-led research group has taken an important step toward measuring - and ultimately reducing - the global carbon footprint of building construction and long-term maintenance.
No money to upgrade water infrastructure? Try this
Financing for water projects and aging infrastructure is critically needed but hard to come by. Stanford researchers highlight innovative approaches with a 'Living Map' of case studies around the country.
Financing for water projects and aging infrastructure is critically needed but hard to come by. Stanford researchers highlight innovative approaches with a 'Living Map' of case studies around the country.
UT Austin Unveil Hyper-Local Pollution Map
Led by Cockrell School of Engineering assistant professor Josh Apte, a team of researchers developed detailed maps of air pollution in Oakland, California. American Chemical Society Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed the most detailed and extensive local map of air pollution ever produced for an urban area, using specially equipped Google Street View cars to measure air quality on a block-by-block basis.
Led by Cockrell School of Engineering assistant professor Josh Apte, a team of researchers developed detailed maps of air pollution in Oakland, California. American Chemical Society Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed the most detailed and extensive local map of air pollution ever produced for an urban area, using specially equipped Google Street View cars to measure air quality on a block-by-block basis.
Tyehimba Jess, AB?91, wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner workings.
In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner workings.
UChicago charts future of ethnographic research
In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner workings.
In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner workings.
Colin Bailey appointed President and Principal of Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has appointed a new President and Principal.
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has appointed a new President and Principal.
Boost for self-healing concrete
Ground-breaking research into self-healing concrete has received over £4 million in new funding to help create innovative solutions to rising maintenance costs across the UK.
Ground-breaking research into self-healing concrete has received over £4 million in new funding to help create innovative solutions to rising maintenance costs across the UK.
The University of Bristol is playing a lead role in the creation of experimental test beds that will drive digital innovation and shape the way cities of the future operate.
Luis Bettencourt named inaugural director of Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
Luis M. Bettencourt, a leading researcher in urban science and complex systems, has been appointed the inaugural Pritzker Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago.
Luis M. Bettencourt, a leading researcher in urban science and complex systems, has been appointed the inaugural Pritzker Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago.
Research news Munich, Singapore, Boston: three very different cities on three different continents with their own distinctive 'urban identities.
Q&A with Stanford experts puts Oroville Dam breach in context
As workers rush to repair the spillway at California's Oroville Dam, Stanford researchers comment on how challenges like climate change and aging infrastructure heighten risks for California.
As workers rush to repair the spillway at California's Oroville Dam, Stanford researchers comment on how challenges like climate change and aging infrastructure heighten risks for California.
Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds
UW-Madison researchers studying forest microclimates show that these refuges may mean the difference between life and death for chickadees and their overwintering songbird kin. Photo © Jim Bauer The polar vortex of 2013 and 2014 brought the coldest winter many parts of the Midwest had experienced in decades.
UW-Madison researchers studying forest microclimates show that these refuges may mean the difference between life and death for chickadees and their overwintering songbird kin. Photo © Jim Bauer The polar vortex of 2013 and 2014 brought the coldest winter many parts of the Midwest had experienced in decades.
At TU Wien, an alternative for resource intensive formwork for the construction of concrete domes was developed.
Jerry Boardingham , 72, of Rantoul, Illinois, died June 20 at Heartland Health Care in Champaign. He worked at the university in custodial services and in food service.
New global evidence of the role of humans, urbanization in rapid evolution
It has long been suspected that humans and the urban areas we create are having an important - and surprisingly current and ongoing - effect on evolution, which may have significant implications for the sustainability of global ecosystems. A new multi-institution study led by the University of Washington that examines 1,600 global instances of phenotypic change - alterations to species' observable traits such as size, development or behavior - shows more clearly than ever that urbanization is affecting the genetic makeup of species that are crucial to ecosystem health and success.
It has long been suspected that humans and the urban areas we create are having an important - and surprisingly current and ongoing - effect on evolution, which may have significant implications for the sustainability of global ecosystems. A new multi-institution study led by the University of Washington that examines 1,600 global instances of phenotypic change - alterations to species' observable traits such as size, development or behavior - shows more clearly than ever that urbanization is affecting the genetic makeup of species that are crucial to ecosystem health and success.
University partners in EU project to create new green spaces in Liverpool
University researchers are partnering with Liverpool City Council and Mersey Forest on a £3.4M EU research project to create `green corridors' in key locations across the city with a view to finding out how they improve city living.
University researchers are partnering with Liverpool City Council and Mersey Forest on a £3.4M EU research project to create `green corridors' in key locations across the city with a view to finding out how they improve city living.
Today, 54% of the world population live in cities and by 2050, this figure is estimated to reach 66%.
How to beat the housing affordability crisis
Urban planning experts at the University of Melbourne have produced an action plan to tackle Victoria's housing affordability crisis.
Urban planning experts at the University of Melbourne have produced an action plan to tackle Victoria's housing affordability crisis.
A new multinational study shows that cement acts as a significant carbon dioxide (CO2) sink, one that has hitherto gone unaccounted for in global carbon-cycle analyses. Drawing upon field surveys conducted in China coupled with a meta-analysis of previous studies done on cement, a team led by Caltech's Zhu Liu found that between 1930 and 2013, weathering of cement absorbed about 4.5 gigatons of carbon (GtC) from atmospheric CO2.
Dark Matters – shedding light on cities at night
The glare of almost perpetual digital day light is stealing those all-important fundamental relationships with our nocturnal cities.
The glare of almost perpetual digital day light is stealing those all-important fundamental relationships with our nocturnal cities.
Advanced composites such as glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRPs) are light, stiff, strong, durable materials that can be flexibly shaped to build large load-bearing structures.
Top film award for Urban Studies
A film featuring skateboarders, and involving the University of Glasgow's Urban Studies researchers, has been named Best Research Film 2016 in the AHRC Research in Film Awards, 2016.
A film featuring skateboarders, and involving the University of Glasgow's Urban Studies researchers, has been named Best Research Film 2016 in the AHRC Research in Film Awards, 2016.
Opinion: How the UK and India can lead the development of ecologically smart cities
Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs (Department of Geography and University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discuss how lessons learned about water management in Nepal and India can guide how cities can be made "ecologically smart".
Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs (Department of Geography and University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discuss how lessons learned about water management in Nepal and India can guide how cities can be made "ecologically smart".
A new book by UC Berkeley architecture professor Nicholas de Monchaux argues that the most valuable resource to boost American cities' resilience in the face of climate change is the lowly vacant lot.
Researchers look at ways to improve Pennsylvania bridges
Penn State researchers are conducting a study to identify the key factors that are contributing to premature bridge deck cracking on many of Pennsylvania's 22,000 bridges. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Every day, millions of Pennsylvania motorists drive on or under one of the Commonwealth's more than 22,000 bridges without ever thinking about its safety and durability.
Penn State researchers are conducting a study to identify the key factors that are contributing to premature bridge deck cracking on many of Pennsylvania's 22,000 bridges. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Every day, millions of Pennsylvania motorists drive on or under one of the Commonwealth's more than 22,000 bridges without ever thinking about its safety and durability.
Schmallenberg virus is unlikely to be circulating in the south of England, but more needs to be done to warn vets and farmers of future disease outbreaks, a new University of Liverpool study reports. Lack of Schmallenberg virus circulation makes governments, vets and farmers lose awareness, but decreasing herd immunity could lead to outbreaks in the years to come, the research suggests.
Quantifying urban revitalization
For years, researchers at the MIT Media Lab have been developing a database of images captured at regular distances around several major cities.
For years, researchers at the MIT Media Lab have been developing a database of images captured at regular distances around several major cities.
Join the debate and help shape modern urban living
People living in Bristol will have the opportunity to debate the challenges of modern urban living and help improve the city's health, well-being and prosperity at a free event tomorrow.
People living in Bristol will have the opportunity to debate the challenges of modern urban living and help improve the city's health, well-being and prosperity at a free event tomorrow.
Scientists call for greater say on global plan for future cities
If cities expand business as usual, the projected urbanisation alone will breach the warming limit set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
If cities expand business as usual, the projected urbanisation alone will breach the warming limit set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Cars vs. health: UW’s Moudon, Dannenberg contribute to Lancet series on urban planning, public health
Automobiles - and the planning and infrastructure to support them - are making our cities sick, says an international group of researchers now publishing a three-part series in the British medical journal The Lancet.
Automobiles - and the planning and infrastructure to support them - are making our cities sick, says an international group of researchers now publishing a three-part series in the British medical journal The Lancet.
Zeetta Networks signs co-operation agreement with Bristol Is Open
Zeetta Networks announced today [Wednesday 12 October] that it has signed an agreement with Bristol Is Open for the deployment of Zeetta's NetOS on the Bristol Is Open network in the world's first use of open networking technologies orchestrating a diverse Smart City network.
Zeetta Networks announced today [Wednesday 12 October] that it has signed an agreement with Bristol Is Open for the deployment of Zeetta's NetOS on the Bristol Is Open network in the world's first use of open networking technologies orchestrating a diverse Smart City network.
Teller Celebrates the Unexpected Benefits of Failure
As captain of Moonshots at X , Alphabet's Moonshot Factory, Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Astro Teller is working on bringing audacious ideas to reality through science and technology.
As captain of Moonshots at X , Alphabet's Moonshot Factory, Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Astro Teller is working on bringing audacious ideas to reality through science and technology.
Our future doesn’t have to be dismal
It is rare to hear environmental scientists sounding positive about the future. But that's exactly what's happening now with an international group of researchers.
It is rare to hear environmental scientists sounding positive about the future. But that's exactly what's happening now with an international group of researchers.
’Extreme sleepover #19’ - Living beside Uruguay’s Mother Dump?
In a new podcast, Patrick O'Hare describes his time with the clasificadores - the families who scavenge Montevideo's pungent 'wastescape' to recover and classify anything that is valuable, usable or edible.
In a new podcast, Patrick O'Hare describes his time with the clasificadores - the families who scavenge Montevideo's pungent 'wastescape' to recover and classify anything that is valuable, usable or edible.
Creating healthy cities one step at a time
A new series published in The Lancet , led by the University of Melbourne and featuring authors from leading global academic institutions, quantifies for the first time the health outcomes that could
A new series published in The Lancet , led by the University of Melbourne and featuring authors from leading global academic institutions, quantifies for the first time the health outcomes that could
Most of us have looked at an ugly building and thought: I could do better than that. Brent Ryan turned that idea into a career.
Campus UTWENTE - Oct 3
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Environment - Oct 2
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Pharmacology - Oct 2
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Career - Oct 2
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Environment - Oct 2
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Economics - Oct 2
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Campus UMICH - Oct 2
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities