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Conference Presentations

Using Metrics to Maximize the UW-Platteville Engineering Facility

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. We’ll discuss how we leveraged metrics and space utilization studies to achieve a unifying one-building solution for all engineering programs at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville rather than the original master plan vision for three buildings.

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A Research-Based Approach to Designing Higher Education Academic Spaces

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. This session will explore the new Academic and Residential Complex at the University of Illinois at Chicago to demonstrate the important role that research played in shaping its design.

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Closing Remarks

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Campus Tour: Northwestern University

The Functional Convergence of North Campus to Maximize Growth

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. Touring select spaces in the Kellogg Global Hub, our professional business school, and Mudd Hall, a mixed-use research and library building, this session will provide an overview of recent north campus development.

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Transforming Medical Center Pandemic Responses into Creative Community Partnerships

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. Join us to discover how you can apply academic medical center (AMC) pandemic responses for long-term best practices at your institution.

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Campus Tour: University of Chicago

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. This tour of the University of Chicago will feature several campus buildings such as the recently completed David Rubenstein Forum and The Keller Center. Join us to learn how the University of Chicago is updating its campus buildings and open spaces while preserving its architectural legacy and community ties.

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Keynote: Amidst Converging Storms | Part Two

Planning and Strategy for Long-term Recovery and Resiliency

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. In the second of two keynotes focusing on higher education’s “perfect storm”—the confluence of a global pandemic, financial crisis, shifting demographics, and a changing culture—a cross-disciplinary panel will discuss their integrated planning strategies for moving from a state of triage to transformation.

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Go Nowhere Without a Partner

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. This session will demonstrate how to meet complex needs for economic mobility and the workforce through several diverse partnerships. You’ll learn about various sources you can use to achieve successful project results—city capital and operational money, voters, private sector— as well as how you can nurture your campus and community partnerships for the long term.

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Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines

Improving Human Experience on Campus

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. The University of Minnesota follows the state’s sustainable building guidelines, specifically Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), and uses post-occupancy evaluations (POE) to measure user satisfaction with campus buildings. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how to implement sustainability initiatives, which have a significant impact on campus building performance and by extension, user performance and wellbeing.

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Simulation and Partnerships

Immersive Public Safety Training Comes to Campus

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. This session will explore trends and partnership development strategies around simulation-based training facilities for first responder students and professionals.

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Keynote: Amidst Converging Storms | Part One

Planning and Strategy for Opening a Campus

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. In the first of two keynotes focusing on higher education’s “perfect storm”—the confluence of a global pandemic, financial crisis, shifting demographics, and a changing culture—a cross-disciplinary panel will speak to their current challenges in opening their campuses this fall, whether it be in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid capacity.

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Loyola University

Intentional Partnerships for Livable and Resilient Campuses

SCUP 2020 North Central Regional Conference. Although unique in their practice and infrastructure challenges, Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Medical Center used strategic partnerships, innovative planning solutions, and green infrastructure to create resilient, livable campuses. We’ll demonstrate how you can make tangible improvements and promote resiliency on your campus through green infrastructure.