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  • "We were together. I forget the rest." -- Walt Whitman ('Leaves of Grass', 1855)
  • It's almost over. Let's enjoy this properly.
  • French birth rate 2025: 1.56 (new low) | French higher education sector has grown 17% (since 2022)
  • "Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another." -- G.K. Chesterton (The Common Man, 1950)

ALWAYS ON

Push-Cart Cold Brew

"When Samuel Sveen settled in Bloomington, he channeled his passion for brewing coffee into a new business. He opened the bright-yellow, can't-miss-it Uel Zing cold-brew coffee cart..."

May 01, 2026

Ædificare & Utilization

Education community construction may well be the closest we come to a $100+ billion perpetual motion machine. It is overbuilt. During today's session we examine today's 10 AM EST release of the US construction activity report which confirms the education "industry" as the second largest building construction market in the world. Upwards of 40 million square feet the University of Michigan has the largest measure of square footage of any campus in the world

May 01, 2026

Renovation Standards

Sustainability objectives profoundly shape the scope of building renovation projects by expanding beyond basic repairs or cosmetic updates to encompass holistic, long-term performance improvements across environmental, economic, and social dimensions (the so-called triple bottom line"). Today at the usual hour we will scan stabilized standards and track changes in process where possible.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

May 01, 2026

Bulletin Board

Curated updates posted by global standards developers.

May 01, 2026

Quadrivium: Spring

Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.

May 01, 2026

Delta Upsilon Fraternity House (1331 Hill Street)

Chartered in 1876, and having outgrown its home by the early 1900s, its alumni hired Detroit architect Albert Kahn for his earliest surviving non-industrial commission.  Kahn created a handsome 2½-story Tudor Revival building with half-timbered stucco exterior, slate roof, prominent gables.  The house has been continuously occupied by the fraternity since completion. It earned National Register of Historic Places listing in 1995.

May 01, 2026

Ring by Spring

The "MRS degree" is a colloquial phrase that describes women who attend college primarily to find a find a husband over career goals; ideally pairing with a college educated man who is likely to have strong earning potential to support family formation. CSU offers an accredited bachelor's degree program for this objective and provides teaching skills for others pursuing this objective.

May 01, 2026

Current Issues & Recent Research

We met both deadlines for the IEEE National Electrical Safety Code and the NFPA National Electrical Code. We are now in the process of getting ready for our on-site May 4th meeting in Lexington. Kentucky.

May 01, 2026

Gallery: Graduation Commencement Speeches

Steve Jobs, Victor Davis Hanson, Harrison Butker, Elon Musk, Admiral McRaven, Chase Dahl, and James Taylor. With link to George W. Bush's May 1991 admonition at the University of Michigan about the scourge of "political correctness" tolerated by the cultural overlords of United States education.

May 01, 2026
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