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'Repeat photography' shows how Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø has adapted

In February Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø announced plans to open a $16 million building for new academic programs and expanded athletics. This comes a year after the announcement of a roughly $9 million expansion to Hanson Hall of Science.

The face of Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø is changing quickly. How does a liberal arts school adapt to a rapidly evolving world? Can an historic campus cope with change?

Matthew Fockler, an assistant professor of geography at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, believes that answers to Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s future lie in its past. A historical geographer, he has researched more than 140 years of changes at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø and its campus. 

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