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Embrace Ambiguity

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Entrepreneurial thinking

Nurture the entrepreneurial mindset and venture creation to support innovative and transformational solutions

Entrepreneurial Thinking

  • Integration of Design Thinking principles within each of our Faculty’s disciplines
  • Entrepreneurship fellowships for grad students & faculty
  • Innovation developed by combining creativity with market intelligence
  • Entrepreneurship supported in communities of all sizes
  • Clean energy solutions and ventures

Integration of Design Thinking principles within each of our Faculty’s disciplines

Entrepreneurship fellowships for grad students & faculty

Innovation developed by combining creativity with market intelligence

Entrepreneurship supported in communities of all sizes

Clean energy solutions and ventures

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Experiential learning

Elevate learning through hands-on experience and career development

Experiential Learning

  • Comprehensive Work Integrated Learning experiences for all students

Comprehensive Work Integrated Learning experiences for all students

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Digital collaboration

Leverage the globally connected and technological nature of work

Digital Collaboration

  • Global virtual team experiences
  • Upgrades for a tech-enabled work environment

Global virtual team experiences

Upgrades for a tech-enabled work environment

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Integrated disciplines

Amplify the synergies across our disciplines

Integrated Disciplines

  • Strategic joint hires in emerging areas
  • Solutions brought to life through diverse collaborative thinking
  • Using our campus as living laboratory
  • Focused planetary health research institute

Strategic joint hires in emerging areas

Solutions brought to life through diverse collaborative thinking

Using our campus as living laboratory

Focused planetary health research institute

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