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Flipping Campus Maintenance From 70% Reactive to Proactive
Watch the Full Conversation (15 min) Ask a facilities team what share of their work was planned this month and the...
Bow-Tie Tuesday Series
Our weekly educational series bringing together the community of space planning and higher ed experts.
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EI and AI: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters More as AI Gets Better
Aaron Benz: Sep 8, 2026
Watch the Full Conversation (15 min) Dr. Patrick Malone has taught at American University for about 25 years, and he is...
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Higher Ed Space Planning and Governance at Texas Tech
Aaron Benz: Sep 1, 2026
Watch the Full Conversation (23 min) Every campus has spaces that are classrooms on paper and something else in...
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Higher Education Space Planning: Inside the 2026 Space Survey
Aaron Benz: Aug 19, 2026
Watch the Full Conversation (13 min) Space rarely reaches a president's agenda until it becomes a problem. Andrew Sama,...
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The $200–400M Reality Check on Campus Energy Goals
Aaron Benz: Aug 11, 2026
Watch the Full Conversation (12 min) There is a point in every campus energy plan where the arithmetic stops...
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$15,000 Per Building: Carnegie Mellon's HVAC Savings with CampusIQ
Aaron Benz: May 19, 2026
Watch the Full Conversation (11 min) Every campus runs its buildings on a schedule — and at most institutions, those...
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Higher Ed Space Planning for a New Kind of Grad Student | Georgetown
Aaron Benz: Apr 28, 2026
Watch the Full Conversation (13 min) When Nico Hohman presented at Tradeline's 2026 conference in Scottsdale, the data...
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The Tool Campuses Didn't Know They Needed | GIS in Higher Ed
Veena Vadgama: Apr 7, 2026
Watch the Conversation Why GIS Matters for Campus Operations When Chris Akin walks onto a new campus, he starts with a...
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Dual Brain Marketers: UT Austin McCombs on AI-Era Marketing
Veena Vadgama: Mar 24, 2026
Watch the Highlights (8 minutes): The gap between what marketing graduates learn in school and what employers need them...
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The Seahawk Shuffle: How UNCW Solves Campus Space Challenges
Veena Vadgama: Mar 17, 2026
Watch the Highlights (7 minutes): Watch the Full Conversation (20 min): Every university has the same conversation:...
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When Athletic Spending Threatens Academics | Larry Benz
Veena Vadgama: Mar 3, 2026
The financial sustainability of college athletics is one of the most pressing — and least discussed — challenges facing...
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Why Space Governance Fails — And How Data Changes It | Bow Tie Tuesday
Veena Vadgama: Feb 24, 2026
Most institutions have a governance structure for managing campus space — but having one and having one that works are...
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Occupancy Analytics in Higher Education: Why 60% of Institutions Are Making the Shift
Veena Vadgama: Feb 10, 2026
Occupancy analytics is quickly becoming one of the most important tools in higher education space management. In the...
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Uncovering the Research Space Blind Spot | Higher Ed Space Analytics
Veena Vadgama: Feb 3, 2026
[00:00:00] Aaron Benz: Why is the most expensive space on campus often the least measured, and what can institutions do...
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Higher Ed Hybrid Work vs Space Standards: Closing the Governance Gap | CampusIQ
Veena Vadgama: Jan 27, 2026
2026 Space Management Survey Report - Part 2 [00:00:00] Aaron Benz: Why have hybrid work policies moved faster than...
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Why Are Universities Exiting Leases and Demolishing Buildings? | Campus Space Management
Aaron Benz: Jan 20, 2026
[00:00:00] Aaron Benz: Why are leading universities intentionally shrinking or reshaping their physical footprint? And...
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2025 Higher Ed Winners & Losers: Microcredentials, Funding, Enrollment
Veena Vadgama: Jan 13, 2026
2025 Higher Ed Winners & Losers: Microcredentials, Funding, Enrollment | Bow Tie Tuesday | CampusIQ Aaron: [00:00:00]...
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2025 Higher Ed Space & Occupancy Analytics: Big Wins & Lessons | CampusIQ
Veena Vadgama: Dec 18, 2025
BTT Video - 12-16-2025 [00:00:00] [00:00:00] Veena Vadgama: Restrooms, temperature settings. Data analysis, privacy...
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Rethinking Post Occupancy Evaluations in Higher Ed: Insights with Shannon Dowling
Veena Vadgama: Dec 9, 2025
[00:00:00] Alyson Goff: Hi. Welcome to another Bow Tie Tuesday. Today we bring you part two of my conversation with...
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When Design Strategy Meets Occupancy Analytics: A Conversation with Shannon Dowling
Veena Vadgama: Dec 2, 2025
[00:00:00] Alyson Goff: We've spent years collecting space data, but what if we have been asking the wrong questions?...
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Rebuilding Space Management at the University of Washington: Higher Ed Space & Occupancy Analytics
Veena Vadgama: Nov 20, 2025
Alyson Goff: Welcome to another Bow Tie Tuesday. If your institution is trying to get its arms around space management,...
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How Augusta University Reached 97% Lab Utilization | Research Space Analytics
Veena Vadgama: Nov 11, 2025
[00:00:00] Aaron Benz: Welcome to another Bow Tie Tuesday. Today I am pleased, uh, to be joined by Barbara...
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Watch Page: FromWatch Page Renewal to Reinvention: How the University of Missouri Is Using Technology to Shape What Comes Next
Veena Vadgama: Nov 4, 2025
Gerald Morgan: [00:00:00] The other thing we're looking at is, uh, classroom space. We, you know, we've, we've had the...
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How Mizzou Removed 25 Buildings to Cut $154M in Capital Renewal & $6M Opex | Higher Ed Space Analytics & Planning
Veena Vadgama: Oct 28, 2025
Aaron Benz: How can you remove 25 buildings? Reduce your capital renewal by 154 million and save $6 million of opex...
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Do Your Spaces Drive the Mission? Space Planning with Chris Morett
Veena Vadgama: Oct 21, 2025
🎀 Bow Tie Tuesday is here. When campus space truly drives the mission, everything works better. In this week’s...
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Space Utilization Is Now Mission-Critical: Tradeline Insights with Derek Westfall (Campus & Facilities Strategy)
Veena Vadgama: Oct 14, 2025
When budgets are tight, smart campuses don’t stop—they optimize. In this Bow Tie Tuesday conversation, Aaron sits down...
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Higher Ed Space Survey: Policy, Utilization & Benchmarks | CampusIQ
Veena Vadgama: Oct 3, 2025
Video Description Campus policies and space use have changed dramatically since COVID, and leaders need more than...