The IGE Hub is pleased to announce that three IGE projects were featured in a session at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston.
The session, titled “Preparing Future Scientists and Engineers to Solve Complex Global Challenges,” was held on February 14 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. ET. This session presented three novel approaches to preparing graduate students to solve pressing global challenges in science and engineering. Backed by data from program evaluations, presentations focused on tested and highly replicable strategies that can be used by faculty, university leadership, staff that support graduate student professional development, and scientific society leaders. By the end of the session, participants were able to identify specific skills associated with creative and interdisciplinary problem-solving in a global context; understand effective strategies for integrating opportunities to acquire these skills into curricula and professional development opportunities for graduate students; and develop strategies for making the case for new training models that transcend disciplinary boundaries and expand students’ international networks.
We are proud to see IGE grantees engaging others in their research!
About the Panelists
Rachel Brennan, Penn State University
IGE project: Stakeholder-Driven Sustainable Development Experiences for Enhancing STEM Graduate Education
Fraser Fleming, Drexel University
IGE project: Creative Interdisciplinary Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE)
Martha Ellen Thompson, MIT
IGE project: Enhancing Graduate Education in Systems Thinking and Multi-Stakeholder Design through a Co-Creation Toolkit
Moderator: Levon Esters, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Penn State University
