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Environment - Civil Engineering - 11.04.2018 
Energy injustice? Cost, availability of energy-efficient lightbulbs vary with poverty levels
ANN ARBOR-Energy-efficient lightbulbs are more expensive and less available in high-poverty urban areas than in more affluent locations, according to a new University of Michigan study conducted in Wayne County.
Career - Civil Engineering - 02.04.2018
Civil Engineering - Economics - 22.02.2018 
Reducing failed deliveries, truck parking time could improve downtown Seattle congestion, new report finds
In Amazon's hometown, people turn to their computers to order everything from groceries to last-minute birthday presents to the odd toothbrush or medication forgotten from the store. If online shopping continues to grow at its current rate, there may be twice as many trucks delivering packages in Seattle's city center within five years, a new report projects - and double the number of trucks looking for a parking space.
Earth Sciences - Civil Engineering - 06.02.2018 
Cities of the future may be built with locally available volcanic ash
MIT engineers working with scientists in Kuwait have found that volcanic rocks, when pulverized into a fine ash, can be used as a sustainable additive in concrete structures. In a paper published online in the Journal of Cleaner Production , the researchers report that, by replacing a certain percentage of traditional cement with volcanic ash, they can reduce a concrete structure's "embodied energy," or the total energy that goes into making concrete.
Health - Civil Engineering - 06.02.2018
Health - Civil Engineering - 30.01.2018
Civil Engineering - 26.01.2018
Civil Engineering - 17.01.2018 
The new urbanscape
For a few weeks in the spring of 2015, in a patio behind UCLA's Broad Art Center in the northeast corner of campus, stood a new building.
Civil Engineering - Social Sciences - 11.01.2018
Civil Engineering - Innovation - 04.01.2018
Civil Engineering - Art and Design - 04.01.2018 
A manifesto for designing cities
"The city is a people's art, a shared experience," a Philadelphia architect and planner named Edmund Bacon once wrote, adding that any urban designer's job was to "conceive an idea, implant it, and nurture its growth in the collective minds of the community.
Chemistry - Civil Engineering - 18.12.2017 
Unexpected Side Effect to Cleaning Up Urban Air
An imbalance between the trends in two common air pollutants is unexpectedly triggering the creation of a class of airborne organic compounds not usually found in the atmosphere over urban areas of North America, according to a new study from Caltech.
Civil Engineering - 11.12.2017
Civil Engineering - 08.12.2017 
3 Questions: Chris Zegras on designing your city’s transit system
Have you ever wanted to change your city's public transit system? A new digital tool developed by an MIT team lets people design alterations to transit networks and estimate the resulting improvements, based on existing data from urban transit systems.
Civil Engineering - Earth Sciences - 01.12.2017 
Undersea Topography Generates Hot Spots of Ocean Mixing
Using underwater robots in the waters surrounding Antarctica, scientists at Caltech have shown that the intersection of strong currents with the slope of landmasses rising from the ocean floor makes a significant contribution to the mixing of different waters in the Southern Ocean.
Innovation - Civil Engineering - 20.11.2017 
MIT launches China Future City Lab
MIT has launched a unique new urban research and innovation program that looks to advance city life in China through an ambitious range of academic and entrepreneurial activities.
Civil Engineering - Career - 16.11.2017 
Urban Displacement Project expands, updates its Northern California maps
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Civil Engineering - Career - 16.11.2017 
Urban Displacement Project pushes its research boundaries
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Environment - Civil Engineering - 26.10.2017 
How cities can fight climate change most effectively
What are the best ways for U.S. cities to combat climate change? A new study co-authored by an MIT professor indicates it will be easier for cities to reduce emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation - and this reduction will happen mostly thanks to better building practices, not greater housing density.
Civil Engineering - 25.10.2017
Civil Engineering - 16.10.2017
Civil Engineering - Administration - 13.10.2017 
Small European nation becomes a "living lab" for urban innovation researchers
When you think of innovation hubs around the world, Andorra, a tiny country tucked between Spain and France, may not come to mind.
Civil Engineering - Administration - 13.10.2017
Politics - Civil Engineering - 11.10.2017
Civil Engineering - Computer Science - 10.10.2017
Physics - Civil Engineering - 04.10.2017
Civil Engineering - Economics - 19.09.2017 
MIT and Tsinghua University sign urban innovation agreement
MIT and Tsinghua University in China have signed an agreement establishing a new technology project, the Future City Innovation Connector (FCIC), which is designed to support research and startup teams applying ideas to China's rapidly growing urban areas.
Civil Engineering - Environment - 19.09.2017
Environment - Civil Engineering - 15.09.2017
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Civil Engineering - 11.09.2017
Civil Engineering - Environment - 11.09.2017
Architecture - Civil Engineering - 06.09.2017 
Grand opening of new wing at U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning set for Sept. 8
ANN ARBOR-The new A. Alfred Taubman Wing of University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning will open Friday, Sept.
Computer Science - Civil Engineering - 05.09.2017 
Gregory Falco: Protecting urban infrastructure against cyberterrorism
While working for the global management consulting company Accenture, Gregory Falco discovered just how vulnerable the technologies underlying smart cities and the "internet of things" - everyday devices that are connected to the internet or a network - are to cyberterrorism attacks.
Environment - Civil Engineering - 01.09.2017
Civil Engineering - Chemistry - 28.08.2017 
Strength of global stratospheric circulation measured for first time
When commercial airplanes break through the clouds to reach cruising altitude, they have typically arrived in the stratosphere, the second layer of Earth's atmosphere. The air up there is dry and clear, and much calmer than the turbulent atmosphere we experience on the ground. And yet, for all its seeming tranquility, the stratosphere can be a powerful conveyor belt, pulling air up from the Earth's equatorial region and pushing it back down toward the poles in a continuously circulating pattern.
Environment - Civil Engineering - 17.08.2017 
For food-waste recycling, policy is key
Food scraps. Okay, those aren't the first words that come to mind when you think about the environment. But 22 percent of the municipal solid waste dropped into landfills or incincerators in the U.S. is, in fact, food that could be put to better use through composting and soil enrichment.
Civil Engineering - Economics - 14.08.2017 
Visualize this: Project shows U.S. magazine evolution
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Civil Engineering - 14.08.2017 
Scholars using data, digital tools to reveal U.S. magazines’ rich histories
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Civil Engineering - Economics - 14.08.2017
Civil Engineering - Architecture - 08.08.2017
Environment - Civil Engineering - 04.08.2017
Economics - Civil Engineering - 27.07.2017
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Studying floods to better predict their dangers
A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods.
A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods.
Concrete Canoes, Steel Bridges Test Students’ Structural Engineering Savvy
Students from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Concrete Canoe team paddle in the co-ed sprint races in Mission Bay.
Students from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Concrete Canoe team paddle in the co-ed sprint races in Mission Bay.
UC San Diego at Epicenter of Earthquake Research
A firefighter looks on as researchers conduct fire tests on a building that has just undergone a simulated earthquake on UC San Diego's shake table.
A firefighter looks on as researchers conduct fire tests on a building that has just undergone a simulated earthquake on UC San Diego's shake table.
New York City gentrification creating urban ’islands of exclusion,’ study finds
A new building goes up in New York City, overshadowing the old Katz's Deli on the Lower East Side.
A new building goes up in New York City, overshadowing the old Katz's Deli on the Lower East Side.
Innovative UChicago research creates impact, improvement in CPS schools
In 2014, the University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute and Network for College Success launched an innovative initiative to provide educators, policymakers and families with research, data and resources on the milestones that matter most for college success.
In 2014, the University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute and Network for College Success launched an innovative initiative to provide educators, policymakers and families with research, data and resources on the milestones that matter most for college success.
ANN ARBOR-Energy-efficient lightbulbs are more expensive and less available in high-poverty urban areas than in more affluent locations, according to a new University of Michigan study conducted in Wayne County.
Podcast: Science combines with data to reveal complexity of cities
Luis Bettencourt, Pritzker Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, uses big data to understand how to approach urban problems and how to increase human connection through means like increased transportation. Editor's note: Knowledge Applied is a podcast from the University of Chicago.
Luis Bettencourt, Pritzker Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, uses big data to understand how to approach urban problems and how to increase human connection through means like increased transportation. Editor's note: Knowledge Applied is a podcast from the University of Chicago.
In Amazon's hometown, people turn to their computers to order everything from groceries to last-minute birthday presents to the odd toothbrush or medication forgotten from the store. If online shopping continues to grow at its current rate, there may be twice as many trucks delivering packages in Seattle's city center within five years, a new report projects - and double the number of trucks looking for a parking space.
MIT engineers working with scientists in Kuwait have found that volcanic rocks, when pulverized into a fine ash, can be used as a sustainable additive in concrete structures. In a paper published online in the Journal of Cleaner Production , the researchers report that, by replacing a certain percentage of traditional cement with volcanic ash, they can reduce a concrete structure's "embodied energy," or the total energy that goes into making concrete.
Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world
Coordinated from London and funded with £10m (C$17.5 million) from Wellcome Trust, with a global network of expert scientists and practitioners - including three from McGill University - the partnership comprises two integrated urban health projects.
Coordinated from London and funded with £10m (C$17.5 million) from Wellcome Trust, with a global network of expert scientists and practitioners - including three from McGill University - the partnership comprises two integrated urban health projects.
The cost of irrigation water and urban farming
It's great to see all these urban farms blossoming across the open lots and schools in the Bay Area.
It's great to see all these urban farms blossoming across the open lots and schools in the Bay Area.
For a few weeks in the spring of 2015, in a patio behind UCLA's Broad Art Center in the northeast corner of campus, stood a new building.
"The city is a people's art, a shared experience," a Philadelphia architect and planner named Edmund Bacon once wrote, adding that any urban designer's job was to "conceive an idea, implant it, and nurture its growth in the collective minds of the community.
An imbalance between the trends in two common air pollutants is unexpectedly triggering the creation of a class of airborne organic compounds not usually found in the atmosphere over urban areas of North America, according to a new study from Caltech.
Have you ever wanted to change your city's public transit system? A new digital tool developed by an MIT team lets people design alterations to transit networks and estimate the resulting improvements, based on existing data from urban transit systems.
Using underwater robots in the waters surrounding Antarctica, scientists at Caltech have shown that the intersection of strong currents with the slope of landmasses rising from the ocean floor makes a significant contribution to the mixing of different waters in the Southern Ocean.
MIT has launched a unique new urban research and innovation program that looks to advance city life in China through an ambitious range of academic and entrepreneurial activities.
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What are the best ways for U.S. cities to combat climate change? A new study co-authored by an MIT professor indicates it will be easier for cities to reduce emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation - and this reduction will happen mostly thanks to better building practices, not greater housing density.
When you think of innovation hubs around the world, Andorra, a tiny country tucked between Spain and France, may not come to mind.
New U-M course brings political leaders to campus to find common ground, real world solutions
ANN ARBOR-Can Republicans and Democrats agree on anything at all? That's one of the questions being explored in a new undergraduate course at the University of Michigan College of Literature.
ANN ARBOR-Can Republicans and Democrats agree on anything at all? That's one of the questions being explored in a new undergraduate course at the University of Michigan College of Literature.
Choir Brings Harmony to Internet of Things
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have a proposed a new platform, called Choir, to harmonize the billions of devices found in the Internet of Things (IoT).
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have a proposed a new platform, called Choir, to harmonize the billions of devices found in the Internet of Things (IoT).
MIT and Tsinghua University in China have signed an agreement establishing a new technology project, the Future City Innovation Connector (FCIC), which is designed to support research and startup teams applying ideas to China's rapidly growing urban areas.
New Urban Collaboratory tackles emerging city challenges
ANN ARBOR-More residents without cars could get to jobs and training programs through a more strategic public transit system-one that supports the newest mobility technologies and the design of citywide mobility hubs.
ANN ARBOR-More residents without cars could get to jobs and training programs through a more strategic public transit system-one that supports the newest mobility technologies and the design of citywide mobility hubs.
New portal for exploring California’s drought
A new web portal puts four years of California drought data into an interactive format, showing where regions met or missed water conservation goals.
A new web portal puts four years of California drought data into an interactive format, showing where regions met or missed water conservation goals.
ANN ARBOR-The new A. Alfred Taubman Wing of University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning will open Friday, Sept.
While working for the global management consulting company Accenture, Gregory Falco discovered just how vulnerable the technologies underlying smart cities and the "internet of things" - everyday devices that are connected to the internet or a network - are to cyberterrorism attacks.
Climate change, infrastructure and the economic impacts of Hurricane Harvey
Stanford experts comment on how climate change and infrastructure planning contribute to the severity of impacts from extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey.
Stanford experts comment on how climate change and infrastructure planning contribute to the severity of impacts from extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey.
When commercial airplanes break through the clouds to reach cruising altitude, they have typically arrived in the stratosphere, the second layer of Earth's atmosphere. The air up there is dry and clear, and much calmer than the turbulent atmosphere we experience on the ground. And yet, for all its seeming tranquility, the stratosphere can be a powerful conveyor belt, pulling air up from the Earth's equatorial region and pushing it back down toward the poles in a continuously circulating pattern.
Food scraps. Okay, those aren't the first words that come to mind when you think about the environment. But 22 percent of the municipal solid waste dropped into landfills or incincerators in the U.S. is, in fact, food that could be put to better use through composting and soil enrichment.
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New tool helps parched regions plan how to replenish aquifers | Stanford News
Stanford engineers have developed a software tool called AquaCharge that enables planners to devise the most cost-effective ways to reuse precious water.
Stanford engineers have developed a software tool called AquaCharge that enables planners to devise the most cost-effective ways to reuse precious water.
Is it just touch-and-go for brick-and-mortar stores?
ANN ARBOR-As online retailers continue to draw sales from brick-and-mortar stores, how can the physical locations compete? It could be a simple as reminding consumers that they can touch the merchandise, says Rajeev Batra, professor of marketing at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
ANN ARBOR-As online retailers continue to draw sales from brick-and-mortar stores, how can the physical locations compete? It could be a simple as reminding consumers that they can touch the merchandise, says Rajeev Batra, professor of marketing at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
UChicago Health Lab and community partners open center for individuals exiting jail
(From left): TASC President Pam Rodriguez, Prof. David Meltzer, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Provost Daniel Diermeier, Ed Stellon of Heartland Health Outreach and Prof. Harold Pollock attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Supportive Release Center.
(From left): TASC President Pam Rodriguez, Prof. David Meltzer, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Provost Daniel Diermeier, Ed Stellon of Heartland Health Outreach and Prof. Harold Pollock attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Supportive Release Center.
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