Since the start of the new year, dozens of new appointments have taken over key leadership positions at some of the nation’s most prestigious schools. These leadership transitions are signaling a shift in higher education priorities as institutions prepare for upcoming federal funding cuts, policy realignments, new mandates and greater pressure to demonstrate their value. […]
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) filed notice earlier this month with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (HFSRB) to launch a Master Design Project (MDP) for a new patient tower in downtown Chicago. NMH’s application requests authorization of $56.2 million for the project’s design and engineering costs. Once the design work is complete, the […]
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is moving forward with a renovation of Meade Stadium along with several other projects seeking to enhance the institution’s athletic facilities. The projects will be supported through a combination of state and local funding, including $65.8 million from the state’s 2024 budget and from the Rhode Island Capital Plan. […]
The city of North Port, Florida, is pursuing new options to fund three critical infrastructure projects through a public-private partnership (P3). After voters rejected bond issues for the projects earlier this year, the North Port commissioners directed the city manager to find and carry out alternative methods to get the projects underway. P3s were determined […]
The Department of Energy (DOE) is launching a new pilot program to fast-track development of advanced nuclear reactor fuel lines, seeking to strengthen the nation’s nuclear fuel domestic supply chain. Spurred by executive orders seeking to reform nuclear reactor testing, the pilot program will advance reactor company efforts to build and operate nuclear facilities outside […]
Sound Transit, Seattle’s public transit authority, has selected a designer for the West Seattle Link Extension (WSLE) project, officially moving into the design phase for the up to $7.1 billion initiative. Construction is expected to begin in 2027. The WSLE will be a light rail transit system linking several neighborhoods in the city. The project […]
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has pulled $4 billion in unspent federal funding from California’s High Speed Rail project, plunging the future of the transformative public transit initiative into uncertainty. The FRA based the decision on several causes targeting the project’s lack of progress and delays in construction. Since being kickstarted 16 years ago, the […]