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Iced Americano

Bert Askwith paid for college shuttling students between Ann Arbor and Detroit Metropolitan Airport until graduating in 1931; when two semester tuition cost $300.  With no student debt he founded Campus Coach Lines that still provides the same services nationwide.  He donated part of his fortune to establish a cafe in the Shapiro Library; which now serves an expanding and bewildering catalog of caffeine-based drinks found in educational settlements worldwide.  

Aug 12, 2026

Faculty & Student Standards Research Grants

The voluntary consensus standards system invests in its future participants. An update of our tabulation of funding opportunities. Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship Sponsor Deadline: September 8th.

Aug 12, 2026

Quadrivium: Summer

Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. 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.

Aug 12, 2026

Bulletin Board

Curated updates posted by global standards developers.

Aug 12, 2026

August 14, 2003

The University of Michigan district energy microgrid worked flawlessly before microgrids were cool.

Aug 12, 2026

Special Education

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Aug 12, 2026

Observatories & Planetariums

"The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden" -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, "Naturales Quaestiones" 62 A.D.

Aug 12, 2026

Reaction: July 16 Open Meeting

Rollout of the "2026 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment"

Aug 11, 2026

“Whatever It Is, I’m Against It”

Every new infrastructure project begins as someone else's problem. We collect our work in standards, codes and regulations informing the artificial intelligence zietgeist generally and the data center build out specifically. With link to orbital data center frontier.

Aug 11, 2026
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