The Revolutionary Challenge - The Finalists

The proposal review and comment period is now closed.

Dickinson has unveiled four finalists for the Revolutionary Challenge. The proposals selected by the President's Panel on Innovation (PPI) to advance to the next round are:

The Data Science Initiative

Team Leaders: Jeff Forrester, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Emily Marshall, Associate Professor of Economics
Dave Richeson, Professor of Mathematics

Aspiration: The Data Science Initiative at Dickinson College leverages our leadership in the liberal arts to generate a transformative interdisciplinary curricular program through the analysis of data. This initiative embodies the college’s mission of providing a “useful education for the common good” that will capitalize on our assets to make a distinct impact on our students, the field of data analytics and a world that demands informed decision-makers and innovative, critical thinkers.

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Developing Leaders for 21st-century Revolutionary Challenges

Team Leader: Michael Fratantuono, Associate Professor of International Studies, International Business & Management

Aspiration: Developing Leaders for 21st-Century Revolutionary Challenges will establish a college-wide curricular and cocurricular leadership framework. Centered on relationship-based leadership and a shared vocabulary of value-focused concepts for students, faculty and staff, the outcome will allow young Dickinsonians to fully recognize and articulate the power of Dickinson’s useful liberal-arts education.

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FutureLab: Collaborative Innovation for the Greater Good

Team Leaders: Grant Braught ’90, Professor of Computer Science
Zach Wahl ’98, CEO, Enterprise Knowledge
Damon Yarnell, Associate Provost and Executive Director of the Center for Advising, Internships & Lifelong Career Development

Aspiration: FutureLab will combine innovative curriculum, practical experiences and future-focused tools to prepare students to face complex global challenges.

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The Food, Agriculture & Resource Management (FARM) Lab

Team Leader: Jenn Halpin, Director, College Farm

Aspiration: FARM Lab will be a multiuse facility at the College Farm that uses state-of-the-art green building technologies to create a living laboratory capable of supporting year-round interdisciplinary learning, place-based research, collaborative initiatives and off-campus social activities as well as generating revenue.

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