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SCUP 2025 Spotlight Series | June

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Achieving Net-zero Emissions With No Capital and No Debt

 The reduction of campus carbon emissions requires large investments in infrastructure, which is challenged by the realities of budgetary pressures.
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Architecture + Education Raises Awareness and Supports Community Collaboration

 Community collaboration hasn't always been a priority in design education.
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At the Edge: Connecting Campus and Community Through Transformative Reuse

 Every campus has underused edges it can leverage as important connections to community within and beyond its boundaries Transformative reuse provides an opportunity to deploy new programs, restore important historic structures, and foster community in different ways. In this session, we’ll discuss how Wesleyan University and Amherst College invested in an underused, historic campus-edge buildings to develop a nexus for creative community, a student run hub, and a think tank for the humanities.
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Campus Planning for a Sustainable, All-electric, and Decarbonized Future

 Buildings contribute over a third of global carbon emissions and are a key focus for decarbonization.
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Campus Space Design for Student Diversity: Results of a Pilot Study on Belonging

 A student’s success and sense of belonging are connected. While campuses invest heavily in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, gaps still exist.
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Designing for Intentional Community: Dartmouth’s Housing Transformation

 Planning processes must be versatile and nimble to accommodate changing priorities.
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Planning for Access, Equity, and Belonging at Buffalo State University

 As an urban-engaged university, Buffalo State University's strategic commitment to diversity, inclusion, and access has strengthened and diversified student recruitment, raised retention rates, and built community within and beyond the campus. Buffalo State's reputation of providing quality education, access, equity, and engagement requires inclusive, multi-functional spaces that foster a sense of community and develop a welcoming and equity-minded culture for all students.
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Revitalizing the Workplace

 Office space makes up about a third of all non-residential space on campuses.
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Right-size the Solution to Decarbonizing Your Campus

 Decarbonization is a looming challenge for every campus and a monumental effort that requires immediate, practical actions to preserve environmental health.