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A staff-authored collection of innovative ideas and personal insight

How to Treat Sustainable Campus Infrastructure as a Strategic Priorityby Chuck Mummert, Kimberly Reddin, and Stevens Williams

Key Design Considerations to Enhance Student- and Patient-Centered Experience at Veterinary Medicine Schoolsby Rachel Nelan, Jessica Thompson, and Chad Zuberbuhler

Achieving Pharma 4.0 Demand with Innovative, Future-Ready Facilitiesby Cole Brunson, Javier Garay, and Liam Lowry

Finding New Value in Old Buildings with Adaptive Reuseby Ben de Rubertis, Stuart Lewis, and Chad Zuberbuhler

Accelerating Clinical Therapy with GxP Facilitiesby Cole Brunson and Sarah Jenne

2025 Design RetreatCollaborating to Push Design Forward

Utilizing AI in Qualitative Researchby Preeti Dalvie

Designing Research Environments for Accessibility and Automation while Addressing Increasing Costswith Rachel Nelan and Lauri Tyrrell

Planning and Designing Veterinary Medicine Spaceswith Rachel Nelan and Lauri Tyrrell

Scientific Design InsightsExpert advice, proven designs, and stories to inspire

Overcoming ObstaclesBen de Rubertis, Matt Garrett

Technology Impacting Labs: AI, Robotics, Balancing Data Space and Wet Labswith Philip Ra

National Labs, Planning Collaboration, and the Scientific Playground of the Futurewith Matt McCord

Creating a Sense of Belonging with Thoughtful Designby Janie Angeleri

Maximizing Lab Flexibility, Efficiency, and Remote Collaborationwith Russ Drinker

The Impact of Neurodiversity on Workplace Evolutionby Preeti Dalvie

Designing to Support Well-Being and Sustainabilityby Janie Angeleri

Planning for the Unexpected, Automation, and the Next Generationwith Ross Ferries

BSL Conversions: A Cost-Efficient Method to Support High-Containment Researchby Mike Moreland and Ross Ferries

Healthcare Resilience UnveiledLaura Stillman, Steve Jackson, Jodie Thill

Transitioning to Green Hospitals and Healthcare FacilitiesBrad Pollitt, Laura Stillman, and Randy Keiser

Budgeting and Advocating for Sustainability, Designing for Wellnesswith Kimberly Reddin

Labs as Data Engines, Miniaturization, Theranostics, and Real-time Medicine Fulfillmentwith Paul Hansen

Collaboration and ConvergenceAccelerating Innovation in Agriculture

Testing for LifeLessons learned and emerging opportunities in clinical diagnostic testing

A Data-Driven Approach to Transplant Center Designby Laura Serebin

Collaboration During the Design of a Feature Wallby Jeff Reif

The Case for Prefabricated Cleanroom Constructionby Cole Brunson

Merging Art and Science with Computational Designby Philip Ra

Envisioning the Future of Healthcareby Laura Stillman and Zahra Makki

Ag Science: Using Data to Drive Innovationby Chuck Mummert and Chad Zuberbuhler

Actionable Insightsby Sinh Dinh

Virtual and Physical Space ReinventionNew Care Centers of the Future

Rethinking Workplace Designby Ben de Rubertis

Changing the Creative Environmentby Bridgette Grzesik

Window and Wall Woesby Pat Spoden

Is Your Compounding Pharmacy Compliant?by Lindsay Baumgartner

The Beauty of Benchmarkingby Eric Schappe

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Wordsby Geoffrey Maulion

The Windowless Boxby Kimberly Reddin