March 27, 2024
- University of Michigan Board approves project to expand EV battery research
- March 21: NACUBO Raises Concerns About Executive Order to Dismantle the Department of Education
- ASCE America’s Infrastructure Report Card 2025: Official Release C
- Texas A&M University Engineering: Memories of the Zachry Engineering Education Complex
- AS&U March 26: Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee announces plans for engineering building
- ASHRAE Letter of Support for H5597: Ensuring Clean Indoor Air in Rhode Island Schools
- MPSC: Renewable Energy and Electrification Grants: Seeking Public Comment | Close Date May 9
Even on break, it’s still #BengalWednesday!
Take this time to declutter and grab some #freshswag from our bookstore before the semester comes to an end!
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— Idaho State University (@IdahoStateU) March 26, 2025
- ASCE 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
- BIFMA: A Body Conscious Approach to Furniture in Learning Environments March 27, 2025, 12:00 EST
- University of Washington: Obesity rates soaring globally in ‘monumental social failure’
- Exec Director, Facilities & Services | New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- IEEE: Optimizing Communication and Performance in Federated Learning for Large Language Models
“Truth and Service” on the road!
Approximately 1,300 Howard University students traveled to 22 cities across the country as part of Howard’s annual Alternative Spring Break (HUASB).
The theme for the 32nd HUASB was “Nurturing Our Community: Planting Seeds of Hope for the… pic.twitter.com/d2UXryFT82
— Howard University (@HowardU) March 22, 2025
- AS&U March 18: 216-bed residence hall planned at Charleston Southern University
- ASTM March 13: Standards step up the quality of the shoes you use in everyday life
- IHE March 19: Moody’s Downgrades Sector Outlook to Negative
- NFPA March 14: The Importance of Signs and Symbols in Fire and Life Safety
- International Electrotechnical Commission: Titles just published
- Michigan State University Current Projects
- IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee Agenda March 18
- University of Delaware Receives $71.5 Million gift from Robert L. Siegfried, Jr. and Kathleen Marie (Horgan) Siegfried
- Talking potholes with University of Minnesota
- IEEE We’re charging our cars all wrong
- IDEA: Cordia Finalizes Expanded Public-Private Partnership with Duquesne University
- Michigan Public Service Commission Meeting March 21st
- Who got fired at the education department
- ICC Group B – Proposed Changes to the 2024 Editions
- NIST Finalizes Guidelines for Evaluating ‘Differential Privacy’ Guarantees to De-Identify Data
- US Senate Committee of Education and the Workforce: The College Cost Reduction Act
- AS&U March 12: Layoffs eliminate nearly half of the U.S. Department of Education workforce
- IEEE Education Week: 6 April – 12 April 2025
- March 17: Harvard Expands Financial Aid
- ANSI Call to replace Canadian Secretariat for ISO/TC 37/SC 2 – Terminology workflow and language coding | Page 51
- Revise current ANS: ASME A17.1-20XX/B44:XX – 20XX, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators | Close Date April 7
- Proposal to expand electrical design discretion in the International Building Code | Page 754
This lightning strike of the @BoAPlazaAtlanta was captured around midnight this morning by a Georgia Tech student
We hope all of our Yellow Jackets across the country are safe after yesterday’s storms.
IG/eeva.nn pic.twitter.com/TSjsW5Lrvj
— Georgia Tech (@GeorgiaTech) March 16, 2025
- ITU Global Youth Summit places young people at the heart of digital transformation
- FCC Chairman Carr Launches Massive Deregulation Initiative
- ASHRAE 901 Addendum U-factor values for steel frame wall assemblies
- NCES: About 30+ percent of operating budget of colleges and universities is funded by federal government
- University of Michigan Emergency Phone Freestanding Detail
- University of Michigan Survey of Consumers Preliminary Results March 2025
- AS&U March 7: Gorham (Maine) district asks state to approve construction of 2 schools
- NIST March 11: NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption
After discovering he received the 2016 @NobelPrize in Physics, Duncan Haldane decided to do what he did every Tuesday morning: he went to work.
By 11:00, he was standing in front of a blackboard teaching his first class: “Electromagnetism: Principles and Problem Solving.” pic.twitter.com/oS1HQRJjzY— Ben Sorowen (@BenSorowen) September 21, 2024
- Proposed changes to the 2024 International Wildland Urban Interface Code
- IEC Consultations | International Electrotechnical Vocabulary | 2025-05-02
- U.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in Force
- ANSI/USNC Crossword Puzzle
- ITU Radio Regulations | 5 March ITU and ESA agree on optimizing satellite communications
- Stephen J Shaw Birthgap | Everything You Know About Overpopulation Is Wrong
- U.S. leadership in the ISO and the IEC | April 22-24 Scottsdale Arizona
- NSF International Joint Committee on Biosafety Cabinetry – In Person Meeting | Ann Arbor, Michigan June 19
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Power Usage Effectiveness
- Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act | United States [1930]
- Standards Malaysia Consultation on Revisions to Standards of Malaysia Act of 1996
- Uptime Institute: Five Data Center Predictions for 2025
- FERC Open Commission Meeting March 20
- TIA-942 Data Center Infrastructure Standard
- US District Court Massachusetts: Judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost payments to federal research on campus
- IBC 1011.7.2 (New) Markings on Stairways
- U.S. Department of Education: Cancelation of Grants to Columbia University
- AS&U March 7: Caledonia (Michigan) district, YMCA partner on community center
- ASHRAE 90.1 Harmonization of Residential and Commercial Product Efficiencies
- A17.1-20XX/B44-XX, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (Proposed Revisions of ASME A17.1-2022/CSA B44:22) | Pages 99-103
- MISchool Data: Updated March 5, 2025
- ICC Committee Action Hearings: April 26-May 6, Orlando
- The Variation of Certain Speculative Prices | Benoit Mandelbrot
- APA March 3: Who Approves Large Scale Solar Siting?
- DOE-EERE March 1: Secretary Wright Leads AI Collaboration Event from Oak Ridge National Lab
- AS&U March 4: Rebuild of vocational high school in Boston could cost $700 million
- West Michigan News February 14: Architecture firm acquires interior design business
- US Department of Education Available Grants
- IEEE: The Impact of Service Demand Variability on Data Center Performance
- ASTM: Standards for the Hidden Dangers of Gates
- Telecommunications Industry Association seeks technical experts for several titles in its standards catalog |Pages 26-27
- DePaul University Seeks Manager of Facilities Data & Reporting
- GASB 2025 Request for Research | Gil Crain Memorial Research Grant
- APPA Facilities Performance Indicator Survey Open until March 31
- Crowds on Demand | Pro-Hamas protesters seize control of historic Barnard academic building and assault college employee
- National Electrical Code Data Center Wiring standards update
- Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language
- ASHRAE 90.1 More insulation on piping systems for process piping | Comments due March
- InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards | Call for Members Page 24
- IEEE: Guide for Drawing Regional Icing Maps for Overhead Transmission Lines | Consultation closes March 23rd
- Attention Is All You Need | Ashish Vaswani et. al
- A117 Changes to ADA Toilet & Hygiene Standard
- Department of Government Efficiency
- National Electrical Code: Article 427 Fixed Electric Heating Equipment for Pipelines and Vessels
- AS&U February 16: Gymnasium at Oregon high school will be demolished after roof collapse
- February 24: David Gooder to depart USPTO
- AS&U February 25: Nursing school in Des Moines, Iowa, plans new facility
- US TAG Ballot for ISO/DIS 20364 Healthcare organization management | Comments due July 1, 2025 (See Mike about the draft standard)
- POTUS Addresses threat to national security from imports of copper | Related: Michigan Upper Peninsula
- February 26 IHE: The NSF’s Higher Ed Research ‘Hit List’
- US Citizen and Immigration Services: Temporary Increase in H-2B Nonimmigrant Visas for FY 2025
- NIH Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Cuts in Indirect Cost Rates
- Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People’
- February 23 Fortune: Useless high-voltage power lines risk sparking California fires
- IEEE: Improving Grid Resilience and Reliability Through Dynamic Line Rating During Ice Precipitating Conditions
- UL 1047 Standard for Safety for Isolated Power Systems Equipment (Page 75) | Comments due March 23
- Michigan Public Service Commission unveils public maps of utility service areas, locations of power sources and pipelines
- February 18: Section 127 Coalition: Endorsement of the Employer Participation in Repayment Act
- February 25: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Announces Deputy General Counsel
- Revisions to Standard 90.4-2022 Energy Standard for Data Centers | Comments due April 7
- AS&U February 21: Fulton County (Georgia) board votes to close 2 elementary schools
- Lake Michigan College to bring back child care services to campuses
- February 21 Maine Morning Star: Governor Mills Defies Transgender Sport Executive Order
- UL 3300 Standard for Safety for SCIEE Robots (Page 80) | Comments Due March 23rd
- AS&U February 19: Boston University plans 12-story building for the Pardee School of Global Studies
- USPTO February 18: New multifactor authentication options provide more secure access to USPTO systems
- IHE January 24: Should Universities Cash In on Cryptocurrency Donations?
- Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced the Defund Government Sponsored Propaganda Act, which would end federal taxpayer funding of the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio
- Kent County (Maryland) High School Students Command the HF Bands
- Establishment of ISO/IEC Subcommittee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 44 – Consumer protection in the field of privacy by design | Page 54
- IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee Student Radio
- College Radio Foundation
- FCC To Hold Open Commission Meeting Thursday, February 27, 2025
Archive
- February 18: $60M addition may come to research wing at University of Michigan
- AS&U February 19: Morehouse College breaks ground on residence hall and campus center
- February 18: Nashville State Community College Clarksville Campus Expansion
- February 19: (Capitol News Illinois) Pritzker to call for expansion of 4-year degree offerings at some community colleges
- UL 3001: Standard for Safety for Distributed Energy Resource Systems (Pages 66-71) | Comments Due March 16
Teachers save up money and surprise their school janitor with a car after seeing him walk to work everyday
— Kevin W. (@Brink_Thinker) February 17, 2025
- IEEE: Detecting Subtle Signs of School Attendance Issues Using Smartphone-Based Sensing
- AS&U February 14: St. Landry Parish (Louisiana) district is closing 3 schools
- Chronicle of Higher Education: The University of Michigan has widely been seen as a model for its DEI efforts. A backlash could result in cuts.
- National Academy of Engineering Week February 16-22
- UCAS February 13: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
- AS&U February 12: Los Angeles district says it will spend $2.2 billion to rebuild fire-damaged schools, make campuses safer
- IEEE $2 Million Medal of Honor Announcement February 20
- ASME BPVC Section VII – 20XX, Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers | Comments due February 24
- 2026 NEC Structural Changes: Article 220 Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Load Calculations proposed to become new Article 120
- NACUBO February 20: NIH Caps Indirect Costs at Flat Rate
- U.S. Department of Education Reduces Paperwork for Career and Technical Education
- UL 827 Standard for Safety for Central-Station Alarm Services | Proposal for operator training, p76 (Consultation closes March 9)
- Opportunities: Executive Director, Facilities Management Lake Michigan College
- A Survey: Collaborative Hardware and Software Design in the Era of Large Language Models
- February 10: Residence hall under construction at Western Michigan University
- February 7 NACUBO: Federal Funding Freeze Fate Still Uncertain
- February 6: NCAA announces transgender student-athlete participation policy change
- NS& 7 Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers | Comments on redline page 64 due March 9-
- ICC Group A Monograph of Proposed Changes | International Code Council Periodic Table
- February 6: US House of Representatives H.R. H.R. 1090: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students.
- X9.110-202x, Transfer of Location of Electronic Contracts | Consultation closes February 17
- IHE February 7: Senate Schedules McMahon Confirmation Hearing, but Who’s Leading Until Then?
- January 16 ASABE: Solar Trade Group Cooperate on New Industry Standards
- IEEE: Soft Skills Education is Valuable—Perception of Engineering Students
- US Department of Energy: Congratulations to the 17th Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright!
- NFPA 110 Second Draft Report | Public Input Close Date for 2027 Revision: June 4
- January 29: NASBE Statement on 2024 NAEP Results in Fourth and Eighth Grade Reading and Math
Houghton County Michigan
- US Department of Justice Title IX | POTUS Executive Order on Women in Sports | White House EO on Gender Ideology
- Deadline February 6: US TAG Ballot for ISO/DIS 9829 – Healthcare organization management – Pandemic response – Contact Tracing | See Mike Anthony or Lee Webster
- University of Nevada Senior Mechanical Engineer Position | Application posted in January but no deadline given.
- US Department of Education January 29: Statement on the NAEP Report Card
- January 12: Alice Smith School Masterplan
- IEEE Open Access: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Computer Programming: Does it enhance learning, motivation, and the learning environment?
- January 31 MPSC: Michigan’s electric choice program remains fully subscribed in 2024
Congratulations to NU Hockey!
Over the weekend they won the 2024-25 regular season GLCHL Championship! This marks their first GLCHL regular season title as they sit 8-0 in conference play. pic.twitter.com/W1y5P82Gr1
— Northwood University (@NorthwoodU) February 5, 2025
- H.R. 847: ‘Repeal…grants under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965…to award block grants to States
- AS&U February 4: $26 million residence hall renovation planned at North Dakota State University
- February 2 NACUBO: Temporary Restraining Order on Federal Funding Freeze
- February 4: IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee
- January 31 National Association of Bond Lawyers to 119th Congress: Protecting Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds
- APPA Jan/Feb 2025: Improving Benefits Realization in University Capital Projects
Dark and chilly in SE Michigan.
Post a photo from your neck of the woods! pic.twitter.com/7Vi8ll8iSi
— Jordyn Biyak
(@JordynBiyak) February 4, 2025
- IEEE: Advanced GPS Tracking System for Pets
- NFPA 150 Animal Safety First Draft Transcript | Second Draft Transcript
- January 24: Status of City of Ann Arbor Municipalization of DTE Distribution Power Grid
- AS&U January 30: Donation will enable Michigan district to reopen high school after more than 20 years
- January 15: US Patent and Trademark Office to Co-Locate at the University of New Hampshire
- Texas A&M University Winter Storms: Preventing and Thawing Frozen Pipes
- 2025 NFPA 20: Standard for Fire Pumps Transcript of Technical Meeting
- Michigan Technological University: Solar Energy in Cold Climates
- IEEE Open Access: A Review of Applying Large Language Models in Healthcare
- Laken Riley Act Signed into Law
- IEEE: The Role of Blockchain in Decentralized Finance
- January 23 NACUBO: Lawmakers Target Colleges, Hospitals, and Other Tax-Exempt Organizations to Fund Federal Priorities
- November 6, 2024: Builders Exchange of Michigan School Bond Proposal Update
- January 24: U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax
- Electronic Municipal Market Access Labs
- IEEE Access: The Impact of Green Finance on Carbon Emissions Based on Fixed Effects Model
- ASCE 2025 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure
The Hillsdale Mock Trial B team swept the Hoosier Hoedown with a perfect record of 8-0 at @IndianaUniv last weekend. https://t.co/TD9ZW3suTg pic.twitter.com/SPXrnouYVB
— Hillsdale College (@Hillsdale) January 29, 2025
- IEEE Open Access: A Novel Generic Autonomous Synchronization Method for Microgrids
- Federal Communications Commission: 2025 Open Meeting Schedule
- 2026 National Electrical Code Second Draft Transcript Interconnected Power Sources
- University of Economics in Katowice The problem of energy efficiency known as the Jevons paradox
- AI Proof Jobs for 2025: Careers Technology Won’t Replace
- Information Technology Innovation Foundation: Wake Up, America: China Is Overtaking the United States in Innovation Capacity
- UL 1690 Standard for Safety for Data-Processing Cable | Page 78
- AS&U January 23: UMass Lowell plans $127 million upgrade of science facility
- ICC 2024/2025/2026 ICC Code Development Cycle
- IHE January 23: A Stunning Enrollment Surge
- NFPA 790 Standard for Competency of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies | Public Consultation close June 3, 2026
- January 25 University of Toledo: Big Tech wants to plug data centers right into power plants
- January 21: Volunteer Leadership Opportunities with APPA
- ANSI Funding of student travel to USNC Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference: Application deadline June 6, 2025
- ASHRAE Guideline 41 Variable Refrigerant Substantive changes; Consultation closes March 3rd
- Denison University Data Center Expansion
- January 22: NACUBO Comment of FASB/GASB proposals for changes to accounting best practice for educational settlements
- IEEE: Assessing Electricity Supply Reliability by Detection of Anomalies in Daily Nighttime Light
- January 17: US Department of Energy Loan Program Office Year in Review
- International Energy Conservation Code Scope and Intent Commentary
- USDA 1890 Scholars Program Application Deadline March 1st
- January 14 Fox News: Oklahoma State Department of Education Suing Biden Administration for $470 Million for Economic Impact of Open Border Policy
- IEEE Standard for Consensus Framework for Blockchain System | February 4
- U.S. Department of Energy Funds the Efforts of Seven Non-Profit Educational Organizations to Build the Pipeline for Tomorrow’s Energy Workforce
- American Society of Civil Engineers Standards Committee Meeting Schedule 2025
- UL 268 Standard for Smoke Detectors for Fire Alarm Systems | Redline Page 32
- ICC A117 Jan 16 meeting agenda
- American Concrete Institute Professor Workshop | July 22-23 World Headquarters, Farmington Hills, Michigan
- ASHRAE 189.3 , Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable High-Performance Health Care Facilities Green Cleaning Plan | February 9
- IEEE: Power Distribution System Planning for Mitigating Overheating Risk Inequity
- AS&U January 10: Calvert County (Maryland) district is building a replacement middle school
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Meeting January 16 10AM EST
- ASHRAE Guideline 44-2024, Protecting Building Occupants From Smoke During Wildfire and Prescribed Burn Events
- IEEE: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Smart Grid Operations: Algorithms, Applications, and Prospects
- University of Wisconsin Manager of Capital Projects Salary $115K
- NFPA 1140 Standard for Wildland Fire Protection | Minutes of May 2024 Meeting
- DOE-EERE GTO Announces $19 Million to Expand Regional Geothermal Data
- NCES January 7: New Data on Enrollment, Finance, Employees, and Academic Libraries in Postsecondary Education
- Consulting-Specifying Engineer top five articles: January 3-9, 2024
- Palisades, Pasadena schools suffer major damage amid closures; UCLA moves classes online
- January 9 Inside Higher Ed: Biden Leaves Behind a Graveyard of Higher Ed Policies
- Illumination Engineering Society: Nine redlines relevant to our work open for public consultation until February 3
- January 8 ANSI: ISO, IEC and ITU December 2024 Listings of Work Items
- Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg Elected as Chair of House Education & Workforce Committee
- U.S. Senate Committee: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) seated as the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee for the 119th Congress.
- January 5: IEEE Standards Association Cybersecurity Standards for Distributed Energy Resources
- January 6: Western Michigan University institute established to boost electric propulsion technologies
- January 5: AS&U Davenport (Iowa) district breaks ground on middle school building
- December 11: Electrical Training Alliance has reaffirmed its commitment to the Ann Arbor area by signing a five-year agreement to host its annual National Training Institute
- December 12: Colorado University Boulder secures $3.4M in funding for electric buses
- Unusually lengthy response to public input on ASHRAE 90.1 revisions | Consultation closes February 17
- 119 Congress H.R. 164: Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities
- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security seeks comments on Final Rule RE: information and communications technology and services supply chain | March 4.
- Many changes proposed for ASME BPVC Section IV – 20XX, Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers | February 4
- ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Standard, Addendum ae etc. Thirty-seven pages of committee responses to public comments received June 7 – July 22 | February 17
- N.B. Changes to electric heating best practice
- December 22 MLive: $2.5B in construction at University of Michigan heading into 2025
- NFPA 110 Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems | June 4