Back in the day, going to JCPenney with a roommate to get a matching comforter for a dorm room was really something. Yes, there might have been a color scheme — school colors, maybe blue and yellow or ...

An Atlantic article highlighted the growing trend of parents obsessively decorating their kids' college dorm rooms. Critics see it as a symptom of "intensive parenting,” but what if it were an ...

In dorm rooms across America, college students used to go at it like rabbits. Now, they house the cutesy critters instead. As Gen Z forgoes sex, drugs and alcohol, youngsters are instead spending ...

Two moms tell PEOPLE why they were willing to invest in expensive items like headboards and custom artwork for their daughters' new bedrooms Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at ...

It’s move-in day. You and your parents are probably arguing about desk placement and panic-making a shopping list for a day-of Target trip. While I can’t help you with the feng shui of your first-year ...

HAMPTON, Va. — When you think of Langley Air Force Base, you probably think of jets taking off from the famous flight line, but there's a whole squadron of civil engineers making sure the airmen can ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. My first college dorm, which I moved into in August 1995, was a cobbled-together mess. I had a tiny budget, and my parents’ contributions were limited to some ...

Joining a sorority or fraternity is a very common rite of passage for many college students, complete with their rituals and traditions that often seem strange to those on the outside. One apparently ...

Sending a freshman off to college is almost always an expensive endeavor, but the latest viral trend is taking back-to-school shopping to the next level. Extreme dorm makeovers are becoming ...

As parents and teens prepare for a new semester, many may not be thinking about the indoor air quality (IAQ) of the dorms that college and university students will be inhabiting. But they should be.

Influencers are making money online by recommending dorm products and designs to families, who spend thousands of dollars on back-to-college shopping. Credit...Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times ...