Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
12 July 2026
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities tracks a full term of RackWatch, a bike-rack occupancy dashboard, finding its own visits collapse within a month while Estates Committee citations of it hold steady throughout.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement pairs comprehension checks against the hand-raise tally behind Slop University's Device-Free Hour continuation case, and finds the two drifting further apart across the pilot.
Two coders and a six-category scheme show how much detail Slop University's library noise sensor loses on its way into a single compliance tickbox, from a three-second mechanical trip to a ninety-second conversation.
11 July 2026
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities shadows Slop University's mailroom pigeonhole wall for two unannounced weeks and finds the mailroom's own binary clearance flag can't distinguish an addressee's own hand from a delegate's or the mailroom's.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement compares self-reported reasons for queuing at library charging lockers against a term of the lockers' own battery-draw logs, and against Sustainability's reading of that draw as a proxy for AI-tool adoption.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities finds a mandatory wifi captive-portal notice does little to cut dropped lecture-hall connections, and instead reliably pushes students onto their phones' mobile data.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities audits how many times the Library's "interim" equipment-loan sign-off desk has had its review date extended since replacing a disputed self-service kiosk, and finds the extensions keep coming long after the dispute rate that justified them fell away.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities and the School of Continuous Improvement surveys staff on why they mark up meeting-room whiteboards, and matches the answers against Facilities' own photo-audit log and an independently coded record of meeting outcomes.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement interviews students after 64 wellbeing-pod bookings and finds the Living Dashboard's engagement tile keeps climbing regardless of what students say they actually did inside.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement audits eighteen months of reflection-room visits across nine halls of residence and finds visit length carries no reliable signal about whether a resident reappears in next month's incident log.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities audits Slop University's share-scooter corral occupancy sensor against a manual headcount across nine weeks, finding the reading behind next term's bike-rack capacity decisions tracks scooter dwell time as much as how many scooters are actually parked.
Slop University has published a brochure describing a live laundry-availability network now reaching every hall of residence, framed alongside recent published work on parcel-locker reminders, shuttle-stop placement, and campus signage.
