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If sustainability has gone the way of rom-com movies, my undergraduate students at New York University’s Stern School of Business haven’t gotten the memo. This spring, my sustainability strategy elective was significantly oversubscribed, and the class excelled — delivering thoughtful materiality assessments and strategic advice for 10 companies across diverse sectors, while continually questioning and…

The fallout from the cyberattacks created delays in patient care. St. Mary’s Health System and Central Maine Healthcare experienced cyber incidents that disrupted patient care, according to centralmaine.com. St. Mary’s Health System took all its data systems offline on May 26 due to the breach, affecting both the Lewiston facility and St. Jospeh Healthcare in…

The new facility will add hospital services to the existing campus. Duke Health broke ground on a new facility that adds hospital services at its existing Duke Health Cary location, providing access to healthcare closer to the homes and workplaces of the community’s rapidly growing population. The new facility will include phase one of a…

Leading a public department or agency is famously difficult, and it’s only getting harder. In a McKinsey survey of over 800 senior public sector leaders worldwide, we identified the trends that are most likely to disrupt delivery of government missions—from tighter budgets to tougher competition for talent to technological change (see sidebar, “About the research”)….

Seasonal cleaning may conjure images of sorting through our closets, clearing out storage on our phone, or dusting off the gardening tools, but it also signifies an opportunity to reset and organize for the season ahead. This annual practice is the perfect time for facility managers to rejuvenate their approach to cleaning and maintenance and…

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important but possibly overlooked information facilities management professionals should know. With temperatures set to rise this summer, employers and managers must protect their workers from the dangers of heat stress and illness. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), thousands of workers get sick or even die…