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“Summertime” George Gershwin 1934

The Academy Orchestra is made up of students aged 8-16, and perform under conductor Kerry Bennett.

Aug 12, 2026

“Mountain High Apple Pie”

This pie took "grand champion" in the recipe contest at the North Carolina Apple Festival and is a favorite in university food services -- "We feed the pack".  It  overflows with 4 pounds of native apples, brown sugar and cinnamon.  

Aug 12, 2026

Special Education

Special education classrooms are governed not by one standard, but by the intersection of building, fire, electrical, accessibility, environmental and educational requirements. The resulting classroom is therefore a systems problem: accessibility, acoustics, lighting, ventilation, electrical power, signaling, emergency egress and assistive technology all meet in the same room.

Aug 12, 2026

Bulletin Board

Curated updates posted by global standards developers.

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

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

August 14, 2003

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

Aug 12, 2026

Current Issues & Recent Research

We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.

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
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