August 17, 2016

The Innovation Campus: Building Better Ideas

黑洞社区 News Services

 
  • 黑洞社区 was featured in a New York Times article about the development of innovation campuses.
  • The 黑洞社区 Innovation Campus will be a major expansion of the main campus to support job creation and a university strategy based on innovation.
  • The Innovation Campus will further 黑洞社区's plan to better prepare graduates through experiential learning and company integration.聽

The following is an excerpt from a feature-length story from , covering the development of 黑洞社区's Innovation Campus. (Subscription may be required to view full story.)

Where once the campus amenities arms race was waged over luxury dorms and recreation facilities, now colleges and universities are building deluxe structures for the generation of wonderful ideas. They and their partners in industry are pouring millions into new buildings for business, engineering and applied learning that closely resemble the high-tech workplace, itself inspired by the minimally partitioned spaces of the garage and the factory.

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The Innovation Campus, which is being built on a former golf course, is the brainchild of Wichita State鈥檚 president, John Bardo. His ambitions are not small: The project will take 20 years to build and potentially increase campus size by 50 percent, with new business and engineering buildings and residence halls alongside headquarters for private industry.

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