While some students voice concern over ever-present red barriers surrounding the University's seemingly endless construction projects, the University's enrollment continues to increase along with the need for expanded research facilities, affecting the landscape of both the University and its surrounding area.
The University Architect, David Neuman, who was hired in February, said he plans to balance such varied expansion projects as housing and dining construction while maintaining the University's original landscape integrity.
"One of the aspects of importance about the original Jeffersonian plan is how well it is connected," Neuman said. "As the University has grown, it is more difficult to retain that proximity and the ability to co-mingle with each other
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